The Cleveland Better Business Bureau has issued a warning about Google Voice scams.
CLEVELAND — Tara Kieser of Cleveland never could have imagined that the search for her lost dog"Maizy" would lead her to a con artist who tried to take control of her smartphone.
"Within 20 minutes I got a text message that said we found Maizy," Kieser said."A couple of minutes after they responded, they said we need to verify that you’re her actual owner. So I said I am her owner, I can provide her microchip number." Ericka Dilworth, Cleveland Better Business Bureau Director of Operations, told News 5 if consumers give out their Google Voice Authentication code, it allows con-artists to take control of the consumer's phone number, and pose as the consumer on the phone to perpetrate other scams.
Dilworth said the Google Voice Authentication scam has become so big it prompted a recent nationwide warning from the Federal Trade Commission.
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