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Fighting Scams Targeting the Elderly With Old-School Tech

Posted by samzenpus on from the going-back dept.

itwbennett writes Sharp is launching a pair of landline phones designed to counter a growing form of fraud in Japan that preys upon the elderly. The 'ore ore' ('it's me, it's me') fraudsters pretend to be grandchildren in an emergency and convince their victims to send money, generally via ATM. Sharp's new phones are designed to alert seniors to the dangers of unknown callers. When potential victims receive that are not registered in the internal memory of Sharp's new phones, their LED bars glow red and the phones go into anti-scam mode. An automated message then tells the caller that the call is being recorded and asks for the caller to state his or her name before the call is answered.

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  1. wtf by X10 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I like this new feature "hidden post button"

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    Wow, that was a fun game Slashdot, but I finally found the hidden "Post" button.

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