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When in doubt: hang up, look up, and call back
Many security-conscious people probably think they’d never fall for a phone-based phishing scam. But if your response to such a scam involves anything other than hanging up and calling back the entity that claims to be calling, you may be in for a rude awakening. Here’s how one security and tech-savvy reader got taken…
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Security & PrivacyLife, Learning & Writing2020
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2020 | When in doubt: hang up, look up, and call back by todsacerdoti | 734 | 347 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 7 Hacker News comments by 4 different people, from Apr 2020 to Feb 2024.
Most recent:
- hn_throwaway_99 · Feb 4, 2024
- hn_throwaway_99 · Sep 13, 2023
- hn_throwaway_99 · Sep 13, 2023
- jrochkind1 · Oct 1, 2021
- btown · Oct 1, 2021
- jrochkind1 · Oct 1, 2021
