phone scams

Explore "phone scams" with insightful episodes like "The Crying Call", "The Sunday Read: 'Who's Making All Those Scam Calls?'" and "#104 The Case of the Phantom Caller" from podcasts like ""Hacked", "The Daily" and "Reply All"" and more!

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The Crying Call

The story of a social engineering grift that starts with someone crying. If you like the show and want to make sure we can keep making it, please subscribe, and if you can visit https://www.patreon.com/hackedpodcast and show us some love. Thanks to our sponsor Command Line Heroes. Check out the show right over here -> https://link.chtbl.com/commandlineheroes_cyoa?sid=s9.podcast.hacked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

enApril 01, 2022

The Sunday Read: 'Who's Making All Those Scam Calls?'

The app Truecaller estimates that as many as 56 million Americans have fallen foul to scam calls, losing nearly $20 billion.

Enter L., an anonymous vigilante, referred to here by his middle initial, who seeks to expose and disrupt these scams, posting his work to a YouTube channel under the name “Jim Browning.”

On today’s Sunday Read, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee follows L.’s work and travels to India to understand the people and the forces behind these scams.

This story was written by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.

enFebruary 14, 2021

#104 The Case of the Phantom Caller

A woman in New Jersey is getting strange phone calls to her office from unknown numbers. Every time she picks up, she finds herself eavesdropping on the life of a different stranger. Unsure what else to do, she calls in Super Tech Support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

enSeptember 07, 2017

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phone scams

Episodes (3)

The Crying Call

The Sunday Read: 'Who's Making All Those Scam Calls?'

#104 The Case of the Phantom Caller