Now I really look forward to my turn to get this call. Have either of you tried calling that number back?
On Sep 21, 2023 at 11:35:29 AM, David Breakey via VoiceOps < [email protected]> wrote: > This is clearly a scam of some kind, although I must admit I'm totally > baffled as to what the end-game actually is. > > I just received an identical call, although I cannot be certain what > number they actually called, as I have *several* numbers routing into the > device it ended up at. > > Since it was received on that device, during my lunch break, I answered it > as I would at my desk, professionally. > > No preamble; he just went straight into his pitch, first wanting to know > what department I was in. I refused to answer, and asked what I could do to > assist him, because I do not volunteer information if I can help it, esp. > for an unsolicited call, and that's when he asked if we could block him, > and prevent him from calling us. > > At that point, I told him that we are not a telephony service provider > (instead we offer tools and services that help *monitor* telephony > networks--both VoIP and PSTN), and that we do not offer such services, upon > receipt of which he promptly hung up. No "Thank you for your time" or > anything like that; just ... gone. > > Now here's the weird part. > > I would *swear* that this was a fully automated call. But if it was, it > was *very well* done. It actually responded to me as quickly as I would > expect a live person to do. But despite that prompt response, something > about it felt off, even though it *sounded* fully human. *Almost* like > someone was using ChatGPT, or similar, to generate the text prompts, > combined with advanced TTS. > > I did have a similar call, years ago (I think about 8?), and it took me 5 > minutes before I suspected enough that I actually asked, at which point it > actually told me it was a Microsoft lab project, testing out an advanced > response IVR. Fortunately, this was a call I had initiated, so that didn't > bother me too much. > > So maybe this is somebody simply testing an automated IVR? Although that > does feel unethical, and it also does make me worry that it's just a > lead-in to something more. This could be scammers testing out a fully > AI-based social engineering attack vector. > On 9/19/23 10:52, Christopher Aloi via VoiceOps wrote: > > Hey All, > > I have a new one. > > We (hosted phone provider) have received three calls today from an > individual asking us to block him from calling our company. I can't figure > out his end game. He's tried multiple times and didn't explain why when > questioned. He said multiple times he wanted his number to be blocked from > calling our company. > > Thoughts? > > Could it be a social engineering attempt? What for? > > Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing > [email protected]https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops > > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >
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