One known victim put down two deposits requested via text for a proposed project but became suspicious when asked to send 50% of the total job upfront.
Josh Planos with the BBB said his organization has seen a noticeable increase in the last six months of imposter scams using voicemail systems.
According to Planos, fraudsters will hack into a business voicemail system and retrieve messages left for the legitimate business. They then text victims back, posing as the company. Upon further scrutiny she realized the text number was different from the business number. After contacting the original business, she learned they had never received her original message. Her deposits were gone.
“What’s so staggering about these scams is that it really just preys on the small business owner, a lot of the time,” Planos said. “They basically cut the company out entirely.
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