PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - More Americans are falling for phone scams, and it's not who you'd expect.
A report commissioned by the Truecaller app found a 70 percent increase in the number of people falling for scams last year.
Truecaller's Lindsey LaMont telling Lynne Hayes-Freeland on KDKA Radio:
"Surprisingly despite growing up with technology, millennials seem to be much more vulnerable than older generations," said LaMont. "In particular men 18-35, they have a chance of being victimized 62 percent higher than women."
But young people aren't the only ones falling for phone scams.
"Americans have lost over $10.5 billion dollars to phone scams in the past 12 months. That is an 18 percent increase from the money lost last year.
A couple tips: Don't trust numbers you don't recognize, even if they look familiar. And no not give anyone personal information over the phone.
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