# A new telephone scam

**URL:** https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/a-new-telephone-scam/18014
**Category:** General Chat
**Created:** [February 2, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/a-new-telephone-scam/18014 "2018-02-02T20:24:04Z")
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### Author: ![hitest](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/user_avatar/forum.hackingthemainframe.com/hitest/32/2010_2.png) [@hitest](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/hitest)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/a-new-telephone-scam/18014/1 "2018-02-02T20:24:04Z")

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New scam. Just received a call on my landline: **“Hello. Please do not hang up. Your business has not been verified by Google. Please press 1.”** I hung up at that point. Pressing 1 will likely ensure automatic charges to your phone account. A heads-up.