Josh from Customer Service

Erica –

Victim Location 40324

Type of a scam Phishing

Recieved a telephone call and they guy said "This is Josh from Customer Service- can you hear me ok?" I believe this to be a recent scam I read about in the news where if I had said yes, it would have been recorded and used as consent to charge me.

Regina –

Victim Location 03055

Type of a scam Phishing

"This is Josh from customer service – can you hear me?" I foolishly said yes, then realized I should not have, and then i hung up. This just happened so I don’t know if there will be an issue or not. I wanted to get the phone number on record. I am on "do not call" list.

Alexandra –

Victim Location 73527

Type of a scam Other

Caller identified himself as "Josh from customer service" and asked if I was having a good day. Unfortunately I was easy prey and hesitantly answered yes. He went on to say why he was calling; however, I hung up before a had a chance to hear the rest of his spiel.

Justin –

Victim Location 46062

Type of a scam Other

Josh from Customer Service. Can you hear me ok ?

I answered Yes, then remembered this scam and hung up.

Alyssa –

Victim Location 53719

Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

part of the hear me now scam asking if we could hear them and then saying we won a vacation. hung up shortly after

Tanya –

Victim Location 32405

Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

Hi this is Josh from customer service can you hear me? I immediately hung up as i had heard the news about this particular scam.

Marcus –

Victim Location 41076

Type of a scam Phishing

I received one of these calls today and immediately hung up without responding to the caller’s question. It was an obviously automated voice that identified himself as "Josh" i believe. I cannot be certain that this was an attempt to obtain money or a scam, but it was exactly like the reported scams I have read about recently. As of now, no money has been taken from me, but there is no way to ensure that it won’t happen. I have blocked this number.

Edward –

Victim Location 28673

Type of a scam Phishing

Received phone call from auto calling that said "Hi, this is Josh from customer service. Can you hear me ok?" I did not answer. Saw recent media reports of this where the scammer edits the audio to make purchases that were not authorized.

Bethany –

Victim Location 43213

Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

I answered my cell phone and the person (recording) said Hi this is Josh from customer service, can you here me? And I said yes. We just had a new furnace installed so I thought it might be in regards to that. But then he went on to say I had been selected to receive an all inclusive vacation. At that point I hung up and remembered recent reports of the can you hear me scam phone calls. I am kicking myself now!

Ronnie –

Victim Location 44811

Type of a scam Phishing

I received what I believe to be the "Can you hear me? Scam" phone call.

The call I received came from a local prefix, so I answered it. ( 419-740-4028.) The male on the phone said, "I’m Josh from customer service. Can you hear me?". I answered NO and hung up.

Kevin –

Victim Location 80239

Type of a scam Credit Cards

A man called, said his name was Josh from Customer Service. Then asked if I could hear him. I hung up cause I knew this is the latest scam for credit card fraud.

Arthur –

Victim Location 80007

Type of a scam Phishing

2/8/17 – I received a call from Josh from Customer Service. My phone is used for personal and business. I thought the call was from our customer services department. He asked if this was a good time and I said "yes". Then he proceeded to tell me I’d won a trip blah blah so I tried to interrupt him and it became clear that is was a recording and I am a victim of the "yes" scam.

Aimee –

Victim Location 53129

Type of a scam Phishing

I answered the phone "Hello"

Can you hear me? My reply, "Yes I can"

This is Josh from Customer Service. You have been pre-selected for one of our all inclusive vacations

My reply, "Not interested, No" … I hung up.

Michelle –

Victim Location 54801

Type of a scam Phishing

A male called on my husband’s cell phone of which I answered. I am his wife. A male voice said it was Josh from customer service then asked if I could hear him, I said yes he said good I had won tickets to disneyworld I then hung up

Margaret –

Victim Location 19104

Type of a scam Phishing

Attempt to get a response of "yes" to the question, "Can you hear me?"

Courtney –

Victim Location 54935

Type of a scam Phishing

Caller said, "Hi, this is Josh from Customer Service. Can you hear me ok?"

I didn’t answer…simply hung up.

Joel –

Victim Location 72173

Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

I received a call on my cellphone in my car on 02/03/2017. The caller said "can you hear me"? Without thinking I said "yes I can". Being on the car phone there is always a delay so I assumed he had not heard me when I said hello the first time. He then said "this is Josh from customer service". This is when the call got my attention because he hadn’t said customer service from where. The next thing he said was "you have qualified for a trip, possibly a Disney cruise". I immediately hung up thinking it was a telemarketing call. It wasn’t until later that evening that I remembered reading about this type of scam, and looked back to read what all the article said. I answered the call because it was from a familiar area code. I certainly wish I hadn’t!

Grace –

Victim Location 72173

Type of a scam Travel/Vacations

Pedro –

Victim Location 84721

Type of a scam Identity Theft

The caller said "Hi, this is Josh from Customer Service, can you hear me ok?

Lindsay –

Victim Location 90266

Type of a scam Online Purchase

Person asks "Can you hear me?"

I didn’t respond and hung up and reported phone number to bbb

Tammy –

Victim Location 37027

Type of a scam Phishing

This was one of the "Can you hear me?" phone scams. I answered the local number calling my cell, said "Hello?" and the response was "Hi! This is Josh from customer service. Can you hear me?" I then hung up.

Toni –

Victim Location 19114

Type of a scam Online Purchase

It was the "can you hear me" scam call. The recording just said hi this Josh from customer service.

Sandra –

Victim Location 19015

Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

I received the phone call on January 27, 2017 at 2:43 p.m. It was a local area code and I thought I recognized the number, which is why I answered the call. I said hello and the person or robot said, "Hello this is Josh from the customer service department. Can you hear me okay?" I responded yes and the the person went on about being eligible to go on a cruise, which was about the time I hung up the phone.

Brad –

Victim Location 48178

Type of a scam Phishing

I answered my phone. The man said "This is Josh from customer service. Can you hear me?" I said no, heard a click for it to go to an automated service and I hung up.