This appeared in the newsletter I used to edit when we lived at Vantage House. I don't know if the writer experienced this or this is relating someone else's story. Seems to me I have heard this before. Worth sharing again for those who do pick up the phone not knowing who is calling (something we no longer do).
Don’t Fall for This Scam
I just got a call from a 304-area code. Thinking it was someone I know in West Virginia, I answered. It was a man claiming to be from customer service (didn’t say what company only “customer service”). The first thing he asked was Can you hear me?”
I remembered something I saw on Facebook saying people are calling and asking if you can hear them, then using the recording of your “Yes” reply as a way to sign you up for all kinds of stuff.
So, I replied, “I hear you,” to which he again asked, “So you can hear me?”
Me: I hear you.
Him: I just need a yes or no.
Me: I hear you.
He hangs up. Without that story I would have answered “yes” the first time he asked.