Police have issued a warning about a new scam which has reach Australian towns and cities after making their mark in US and UK earlier this year.
It is a phone scam where the scammer calls gullible people on their home or business number and asks, ‘Can you hear me?’
Police have warned users that if you receive a phone call asking, ‘can you hear me?’, hang up immediately.
If one doesn’t hang up, but says ‘yes’, the scammer, reportedly, records the ‘yes’ response and ends the call.
The recorded ‘yes’ sound is then used as voice identification to authorise payments or charges in the victim’s name.
Sunshine Coast Police said anyone who received such calls had a reason ‘to be concerned’, reports.
"We're now sharing this post statewide as we believe it to be hitting many areas," police warn.
Police advice to combat this phone scam :
- Spread the word - Share this information
- If you receive a "can you hear me?" phone call - hang up - don't respond!
- If you did respond with a "yes" … alert your financial institution, begin to monitor your accounts closely.
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