Scammers spoof telephone numbers, including your own, to pretend they are calling from somewhere else, and to hide their own identity.

Finally, it asks for four social security digits - personal information that a scammer often fishes for.Next, the call never personally identifies whose account they're calling about, shifting the burden of identification to the listener - this allows the scammer to record a one-size-fits-all message.First, robocalls aren't a common way for brands to contact their customers.At the tone, please enter the last four digits of the main account holder’s social security number.”Īpart from the weird phrasing (I'm not sure what “compromised by AT&T” is supposed to mean), there are a few ways to tell that this is a scam. “Your account has been compromised by AT&T. Once I answered, I heard a message in an automated male voice, stating: I just recently got a call from my cell phone that claimed to be from my own number. I can personally attest to this clever trick. Make sure to never give your information out to anyone calling from your own number. In 2009, the Federal Truth in Caller ID Act was passed, which states that lying like this over caller ID is a federal crime, as anyone using this trick is most likely trying to fraud the person they're calling.

Scammers can use technology that makes a person's caller ID show their own name and number, possibly tricking someone into thinking they're calling themselves.Ī federal law has outlawed actions like this. Recently, a lot of scammers have taken to the phone waves in order to get hold of your sensitive information.

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