Sophisticated Scammers

The Friday File: On social media, 91% of survey respondents said they initially failed to recognize fraudulent advertisements as scams and proceeded to engage and 53% eventually lost money. On websites, things were slightly better; the percentages were 81% and 50% respectively. However, via voicemail, only 42% engaged and just 13% lost money, and for phone calls the results were still better at 39% and 11%. I’m reconnecting my land line!