The scam calls we have come to know and hate these days work around the same principles. We should not be arrogant enough to believe that we would never fall for a phone scam — that is precisely how we do get caught. This reporter, having become very familiar with phone scams through the years, still managed to answer a scam call this week. Any written message containing email addresses, phone numbers or language errors could help you spot a scam. These scam calls mainly come from numbers with an 087 prefix.

Source: Irish Examiner July 10, 2021 05:26 UTC