Saying one word can make your bank accounts or other financial accounts at risk

So I’m looking at email and saw a Kim Komando newsletter with the title and article The one word you should never say to a telemarketer or scam caller and I found it interesting.

I believe I’ve talked about voice recognition software in the past when I ran across it with a service I once used, but I haven’t seen it much. This recognition software would ask you to record a phraise and when calling back, would ask if it was you that said it.

So if you read this article, the answer to the one word you shouldn’t say is answering the question of whether you can be heard. If you say “yes” that can lead to possible trouble, says the article.

Also, in the article, they talk about an app called True Caller which is available for Android and IOS. I don’t know anything about it, but I get tons of calls and they say not to answer your phone if you don’t recognize the number or it looks strange.

With the fact that these guys can spoof a company phone number, maybe its time just not to answer incoming calls at all, unless the call number is on your contacts. Then again, that can be spoofed too. I really don’t have a great solution to this ongoing problem.

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