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Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Operator Calling

Some Internet phone services allow scam artists to make it appear that they are calling from another phone number -- a useful trick that enables them to drain credit accounts and pose as banks or other trusted authorities, online fraud experts say.

 

Posted by Richard at 3/22/2005 07:29:00 AM

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