The nature of my job make not answering calls from unknown numbers potentially a business losing decision, so that really is not an option. I get calls from unknown numbers on a regular basis. So I just have to be extra aware when getting calls. Recently I have been getting calls to my personal number supposedly from my cell phone carrier. They were making an offer too good to be true, and it was. They asked my a security question, and when I pushed back on it a bit, shouldn't you have that information, click.

I guess I see things different. Where some people are seeing doom and gloom, I was seeing hope. Yes, many of the topics focused on the negative, but it's not just here is a negative, deal with it. It is here is a negative, but also hear are some tips and ideas how to deal with it. So, yes, there is a bad thing, but there is a way to stop it!

It depends on the scam really. If it is a personal scam (phone call/email) I think it is mostly people not understanding, often tech, but it could be other things. Which is why seniors are the number one targeted demographic for these kinds of scams. If it is targeting a business, I think they are relying on people not really caring. It is just a job, they don't treat me good, so why should I care, etc. Another reason for companies to treat there staff well. If people actually care about there jobs, and/or their work and the people around them, they would be more cautious. Not that they are willingly allowing it to happen, just that they don't care enough to have proper alertness.

@Tim Stewart I had my Facebook hacked once too. A friend called me, and asked if I was in England, and lost passport and wallet, and needed money. She was pretty sure of the answer before asking it, and she was right. While I was not home, I was nowhere near Europe. I got my wife to post about the scam, as I did with my friend who called me (lots of mutual friends for both, but not all). Took a while to get my FB back up and running. Nobody fell for it though. :)

@Leta Cross-Gray I know for Facebook there is, to an extent. You can ask for it to be memorialized. And a person can have a legacy contact set up, which will give the person control of the memorialized account. If they did not, the account will be memorialized, and the account can not be changed. You can also request an account be deleted. Both of these would require proof of death. I expect Instagram would be similar, since it is the same company. Not sure about the rest of social media, thought I would think there was something.

@Brayden S While it makes perfect sense, I have to admit, I never thought of those either.