📋 Do Not Answer the Phone from Unknown Numbers (AARP Article)

Why You Shouldn’t Answer Calls From Unknown Numbers.

 

Avoid scams — including the ‘say yes’ or ‘can you hear me’ scam – by ignoring unsolicited callers.

 

By Matt Alderton, AARP. Published July 08, 2024.

 

If you watched television in the early aughts, you probably remember the iconic commercials from Verizon Wireless where a roving cellphone spokesman offered up a simple yet sticky catchphrase: “Can you hear me now?”

 

Some 20 years later, callers are still asking folks on the other end of the line if they can hear them. But now it’s often scammers doing the asking, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which has warned consumers about so-called “can you hear me” scams — also known as “say yes” scams.