I got scammed because somebody put a fake bank location into Google Maps and so the Google voice caller ID said it was my bank. Luckily, I realized I got scammed and called the bank up right away and they got the charges reversed, which is why I still use that bank. Moral of the story: never trust inbound calls. They are the easiest vector for scammers to spoof.

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themafia 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's insane that telephone service companies aren't getting greater scrutiny in all of this. For marginal profits they're allowed to create giant financial craters in the lives of citizens.

Why do banks have to "know their customers" and telephone providers don't?

	▲	ianburrell 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Telephone companies are required to implement the STIR/SHAKEN protocols to authenticate phone calls. But it doesn't seem to have stopped the flood of scammers. I have read that one problem are VOIP systems which can spoof outgoing phone numbers. It sounded like these are easy to attack. Or maybe scammers just make fake VOIP calls from overseas.

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BizarroLand 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Same for emails. If you didn't reach out to the person first, don't trust ANY email with alarming call-to-action text, especially if it contains a link to where you can take care of the issue.