I know someone who got had by a spearfishing call. They knew all the details about his phone contract, sounded 100% legit. The scammer got thousands of dollars in prepaid SIM cards from his account.
After the police investigation, turned out that the scammer was actually a former employee of the phone company who downloaded a copy of the customer list when he got fired.
This is why even if I think something is 100% legit, if a place calls me asking for anything I tell them I have to check on it and call back. Then I’ll call their known public number and go through that way. I’ve avoided a couple scam situations like this
I know someone who got had by a spearfishing call. They knew all the details about his phone contract, sounded 100% legit. The scammer got thousands of dollars in prepaid SIM cards from his account.
After the police investigation, turned out that the scammer was actually a former employee of the phone company who downloaded a copy of the customer list when he got fired.
This is why even if I think something is 100% legit, if a place calls me asking for anything I tell them I have to check on it and call back. Then I’ll call their known public number and go through that way. I’ve avoided a couple scam situations like this