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Voice Mail Fraud - Beware!
If you don't change the default password on your voice mailbox, you, or your company, could be in for a big - and expensive - surprise. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has become aware of a new form of fraud that allows hackers to use a consum
By: Govt.
If you don't change the default password on your voice mailbox, you, or your company, could be in for a big - and expensive - surprise. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has become aware of a new form of fraud that allows hackers to use a consumer's or business's voice mail system and the default password to make collect calls without the knowledge or permission of the consumer.
The Scam Works Like This
A hacker calls into a voice mail system and searches for
voice mailboxes that still have the default passwords active or have passwords
with easily-guessed combinations, like 1-2-3-4. (Hackers know common default
passwords and are able to try out the common ones until they can break into
the phone system.) The hacker then uses the password to access the phone
system and to make international calls.
The hacker does this by first changing the voice
mailbox's outgoing greeting to something like "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,
operator, I will accept the charges." Then, the hacker places a collect
call to the number they've just hacked. When the (automated) operator (which
is usually programmed to "listen for" key words and phrases like
"yes" or "I will accept the charges") hears the outgoing
"yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, operator, I will accept the charges"
message, the collect call is connected. The hacker then uses this connection
for long periods of time to make other international calls.
There is also another twist to this scam. A hacker breaks
into voice mailboxes that have remote notification systems that forward calls
or messages to the mailbox owner. The hacker programs the remote notification
service to forward to an international number. The hacker is then able to make
international calls on someone else's "dime."
What to Beware of
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Hackers usually break into voice mail systems during
holiday periods or weekends, when callers will not be calling; thus, the
tampering of the outgoing message goes unnoticed.
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Hackers are typically based internationally, with
calls frequently originating in and/or routed through the Philippines or
Saudi Arabia.
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Businesses that are victimized usually find out about
the hacking when their phone company calls to report unusual activity or
exceptionally high phone bills. (The fraud usually occurs on business
voice mailbox systems, but consumers with residential voice mail could
also become targets.)
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Consumers who are victimized may find out about the
hacking when they receive unusually high phone bills.
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