Cellphones have made it easier to stay in touch, but they have also brought everyone closer to scam artists and tricksters, who are just a few numbers away from separating you from thousands of dollars.
Anyone with a phone number is a target, and there is no shortage of flim-flam schemes.
About 70% of spam text messages are financially motivated scams.
It is almost always a phone scam when someone calls you and wants some kind of personal identifying information," says Katherine Hutt, spokeswoman at the Better Business Bureau. "Bank account number, Social Security number, credit card or debit card number -- when someone else initiates the call, they should not be asking you for that kind of information.
More con artists try phone scams – USATODAY.com
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