FTC: Reluctant to be rude?

March 25, 2015, Amy Hebert Consumer Education Specialist, FTC

Respectfulness and politeness, they’re valued in many close-knit communities. But when you’re dealing with a scammer, those values can backfire, as we’ve heard during our ongoing effort to fight fraud in every community. Scammers try to take advantage of your politeness to get you to hand over money or personal information.

Here are some situations when it would be just fine to interrupt, hang up, and not give a caller the time of day: 

1.)   They want your personal information

2.)   They want you to spend money right away

3.)   They keep talking

4.)   They are threating you

 

For more details from the Federal Trade Commission on the situations sited above click the link below.

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