Human or Fake Voice
Listen to two voice messages, then say if one of them is a real person.
Turn your sound on and press Play.
Voice A
Voice B
Listen to two voice messages, then say if one of them is a real person.
Turn your sound on and press Play.
Voice A
Voice B
They arrive by text, by email and by phone, in dozens of shapes.
Impostor scams were the most reported fraud for the ninth year running: more than 1 million reports last year, and $3.5 billion reported lost.
Almost every one of them does the same four things.
PRETEND
Someone claims to be a company, an agency, or a person you know.
PROBLEM OR PRIZE
Something is wrong with your account, or you have won something.
PRESSURE
You are told to act right now, and often to keep it quiet.
PAY
You are told to pay one specific way: gift card, wire, crypto, payment application.
The four signs of a scam, Federal Trade Commission
The story changes every time. These four signs do not. Practice is how you learn to see them before you act.