Just putting this out there, even though most readers of these forums will most likely not get caught by it.
I’m receiving new robocalls that are leaving messages to make sure to call back the number on my caller ID. Even if you do pick up the phone, always ask for a name or extension and then look up the company for their publicized number and call them back. If they argue about that, hang up.
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I had one yesterday, from a “Dell representative” from an Indian call centre. He wanted to send me a Docusign document for me to sign (i.e. malware drop). He had information about AI PCs and wanted me to sign for something.
I aksed him where he was calling from, he said “from another country”. I asked him, why my local Dell account manager wasn’t making the call, at which point he hastily hung up.
Mobile carriers here, in Germany, are starting to put “Warning: possible scam” after the caller ID, if they have had reports or if the number seems to come from a block of numbers that have been used for scams in the past. Unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be doing the case for landlines - which is most business users still use.
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Oh, I don’t answer these calls, but they leave voicemail where they explicitly say to call back the number on the caller ID.
So the spam caller is claiming to be from “company A” and asking that you return the call not on "company A’"s publicly available number, but whatever random number shows up on the caller ID?
It’s a total pipe dream, but I wish there was some way to find out the return on investment for various different types of scams. I can’t imagine this one makes very much money for the bad guy.
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Exactly. Before giving any information (in the event that you think it might be legit) always call back a publicly available number and ask for the person who you spoke with.
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