The “yes” scam, one answer is enough to fall into the deception
“Yup?”. How many times does it happen to someone who picks up the phone to answer in this world? Here, this type of response is best avoided. As the Official of Parmajust answer the phone with a “yes” and the joke is served: it is, in fact, the “Yes scam”. With the affirmative answer to a generic question of the operator, a subscription not requested by the victim. There are more and more reports of citizens who have fallen victim to yet another scam.
The phone call begins with a question like this: “Shall I speak to Mr. …?”, After the “yes” the call is interrupted. What is not said, however, is that, with that ‘yes’, we have given – unwittingly – our consent to the stipulation of a never requested contract. Usually it is a new contract for the supply of electricity and gas.
“Protecting yourself is as easy as falling into the trap: just think of how many advertising calls we receive each week”, he explains Vincenzo Paldino, regional president of U.Di.Con at the Gazzetta di Parma. “It should be avoided – he adds – therefore, if possible, to pronounce the word ‘Yes’, but rather try to vary the answers to the above questions using expressions, such as ‘Who is speaking at this moment?’, Or ‘Do you want?’ . Our advice as an association that protects consumers, therefore, in addition to contacting us if you have already fallen victim to this scam, is to always pay the utmost attention and possibly block the number from which you received the call “.
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