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Subject: Re: call from 510-854-4017 legit or not ?
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 21:15:17 +0200
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On 06.05.24 18:56, Adam wrote:
> 
> Received barely audible voice message from 510-854-4017 asking to call 
> 888-803-33x6 or 888-803-336x. Something about "pending action".
> 
> How to protect oneself from fraud ?

Not calling back. If they want something from you they will come back.
Our policy is: We do not answer calls where we do not know the number or
the name of the caller and let them proceed to the answering machine.

That solves 90% of the cases.

-- 
"Alea iacta est." (Julius Caesar)