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A just - released report shows that more than 36 percent of the complaints filed in 2013 were for scams that started with a phone call.

With that said, there are a string of phone scams taking place, asking people to make payments for things such as taxes, hospital bills, bail money, debt collection and utility bills.

Internet security expert Joseph Steinberg told CNBC that the criminals typically do not demand a big sum of money, instead preferring to get the payment right away and insisting that the person from whom the ransom is demanded stay on the phone with them for fear that if connection is established with the alleged victim, the scam will be exposed.

In New York State we will not tolerate companies and bad actors who call our phones with prerecorded messages designed to scam us and obtain our personal information.

The Attorney General's office recommends the following tips to avoid being scammed: only work with a licensed lawyer or an authorized provider; never sign blank applications or documents you don't understand; and don't make payments over the phone or via email.

Police crack Spain - based phone scam ring that swindled HK$ 10 million from victims in Hong Kong The woman became acquainted with the swindler through an online dating platform last summer, but nine months passed before she...

He provides some insightful tips on avoiding online dating scams, reminding you that the reason there are so many victims is because the perpetrators work hard via computer and phone to get you to love them, then to trust them, allowing them to be more successful with scams.

They give you a phone number but NEVER answer the phone (they're always busy with other customers — ha) and their email replay address is also a scam.

There is no line rental with our 086 phone numbers and there is no Have you been scammed by a free trial for skin care?

After the sprawling, multi-character, Biblical - climax that was 1999's Magnolia, Anderson returned with a much more focused story, about an isolated and fitfully angry (though decent) man named Barry Egan, who is in love with a kind woman, has run afoul of some unscrupulous phone - sex operators, and is working on a scam to exploit a marketing loophole that will get him frequent - flyer miles for pudding cups.

Watch out for phishing and phone scams, along with identity theft, fake charities and more, this tax season.

In fact, it's the biggest phone scam they're currently dealing with.

See how to deal with these problems on SCAMwatch: Mobile phone scams.

With this scam you receive an automated recorded message that gives you a phone number to call.

Students talk about some pitfalls and experiences they have had with the use of mobile phones, contracts and pitfalls including buying «scam» ringtones.

Other scams are perpetrated by phone or even with letters sent through the mail.

Looking back even further, Blac Chyna, a reality TV personality, was criticized for promoting a toll - free, scam phone number that offered «payment relief» to those with student debt.

Several student loan scams exist today, with most scammers using phone calls and letters to encourage student loan borrowers to get in touch.

They sent me more Online Classified Ads with the same phone number... from all over... CLICK TO VIEW LARGER These are NOT our puppies, just the same phone number who has stolen our photos on the scam websites...

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Old - school phone scammers make comeback with modern twist — Old - school telephone fraud is making a comeback as fraudsters are again more likely to contact you by phone than through websites or email... (See Telephone scams)

Because I thought it would be easier and more time sufficient to rely on my primary contact, Not realizing I would be using third and forth party contracts to book a cruise, buy extra insurance, and deal with the cruiseline, left me in a long thread of phone tag and to the realization of how many scams there are out here in the business sector and how innocent customer are the victims.

Tax scams are nothing new, but with technology creating even more avenues for fraudsters to reach us, we have to be wary of being tricked not just by phone and mail but social media, email, and more.

With these forms of abuse, you may wish to report this to your cellphone carrier and ask that the specific phone number used by the relay app source be blocked due to an attempted scam.