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We've been getting blasted with mystery calls from our area code, 760, all morning. They disconnect before the answering machine picks up. I block each number of course, but this is now taking all my time. Can't this problem be solved ........

No message. CID says Ramona, CA.  Medicare scam??

CID says Ramona, CA.  Medicare or solar scam.

I looked it up. It could be the "can you hear me" scam.  Don't answer!

Medicare or solar scam are real scams and "Don't answer" is great advice, however ......

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The 'Yes Scam' or 'Can you hear me?' scam says they record you saying yes and hang up afterwards. Then use the recording to charge you or open accounts anywhere.

Could you open an account  or charge something to a phone number by simply saying yes and nothing else? Try it and see for yourself how that goes!
I think it is very irresponsible for anyone to help spread this "yes" Rumor, without first investigating and understanding any possibilities towards its validity.

Ask yourself this:

• What scam scenario wouldn't work with a simple yes from the scammer them self, that could only work with a recording of your voice?
• How would a caller know who answered, it could be your wife/husband/mom/dad or anyone who answered your phone and said 'yes' that gets recorded.
• What legitimate company would allow anyone to charge a client's phone or open an account with only a recording of someone saying yes?
• Why would scammers spend the extra time and effort on something that is simply pointless and a waste of time? Scammers could simply record voices from the internet or even passing on the street of anyone saying yes, if they really had a scam that required a recorded 'yes', as that would be much more efficient than making hundreds of calls everyday for a simple yes.

The Yes Scam is merely a rumor and unproven to have any validity that it could work. There may be scams where you agreed to something unwittingly and got recorded, but they need much more than a simple recording of a voice saying yes.
Saying 'yes' alone has no impact  on pulling a scam, since a scammer could just as easily say 'yes' themselves. They wouldn't know its you or some family member who answered your phone, so recording a 'yes' is pretty redundant.

You should beware that something is amiss and pay close attention to WHAT IS BEING SAID if you feel the need to talk to a stranger who calls you out of the blue. Read about the various scams and educate yourself, so you are better prepared for the next call.

Why would you say Yes Scam is a rumor?

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-warns-can-you-hear-me-phone-scams

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/fcc-aler ... cam-032717.html

"Unsuspecting consumers who answer yes to the question have their voice recorded by the scammers, who will splice the audio onto other questions and sign them up for services that can show up on their phone bill."

"The caller begins the conversation by asking 'Can you hear me?'" Levin said. "If, and when you answer 'Yes,' the fraudster is off to the races. They simply combine the recording with other personal information they have gathered from or about you, including credit card information."

Definitely NOT a rumor.

Please cite a reliable news source showing where a simple yes has been used to scam someone.  I bet you are unable to find one.

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Why would you say Yes Scam is a rumor?

Well if you took the time to READ what I wrote above, then you should be able to understand why. You took the time to find those websites, but did you give any thoughts on what they said and then what I said to decide if its a rumor or not?
Or did you just decide because it was "mentioned" in the News and on a Gov website it has to be a real scam?
If the News said people were jumping off a bridge somewhere because people said they became rich over night, would you trust that and go jump off too?

If you read and re-read those "stories", you will see they are telling about WHAT "people are complaining about" and not about anyone who WAS  scammed.

I read what you wrote and replied. Your labeling it as a "rumor" is a misnomer. Sorry to nitpick.

I don't think the FCC, FTC, or various police agencies would waste time putting up information about it if it was indeed just a "rumor" as you purported it to be. Bottom line, the FCC website gives good advice about the subject for all of these types of calls, scams or not. Better to be safe than sorry.

Can you hear me?

ru·mor
ˈro͞omər
noun
1. a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth.
"they were investigating rumors of a massacre"
synonyms:    gossip, hearsay, talk, tittle-tattle, speculation
verb
1. be circulated as an unverified account.
"it's rumored that he lives on a houseboat" or "its rumored scammers can charge your phone or open up an account with just your voice saying yes"

So YES, most definitely a RUMOR!

The bottom line is that people should be educating themselves with FACTUAL scams and not focus on rumors that have the potential to incite panic over nothing, taking the focus away from the real scams.

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Can you hear me?

Very funny, but yes I can...as you go running off that bridge!

Fine, if it is not a rumor, then you should be able to direct us to (now read the next part extremely carefully and with the intent to fully comprehend what I am asking) a report of a verified or verifiable case where someone was actually scammed out of money by saying only the word "yes".  Note: don't give us a link to a news story or any other story that says "maybe, might have, possibly" or any other word that would indicate something that might happen but never did.

You seem to be fountain of information.  Do you know how to stop this?

I think it is called a "call blocker".