Swindlers Use Telephones, With Internet’s Tactics by NICK WINGFIELD


By NICK WINGFIELD

New technology has led to an onslaught of Internet-inspired fraud tactics that try to use telephone calls to dupe millions of people or to overwhelm switchboards for essential public services, causing deep concern among law enforcement and other groups.

Published: January 20, 2014 at 12:00AM

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