I remember being harassed, almost daily, by scams and robocalls years ago. I had gotten nearly every trick in the book as random phone numbers poured into my cellphone attempting to procure anything from my social security number to something as small as the make and model of my car. For the first year or so I remember enjoying the calls. If I was bored, I could always rely on messing with the scammers on the other side of the call for a few minutes until they realized I had no interest in whatever they were trying to sell, at which point they hung hang up without another word. There came a point though, that the calls became more a nuisance than a fun prank I could pull. I got tired of pulling my phone from my pocket just to see a random number for me to send to voicemail.
As college students, many of us have signed up for a long list of programs that require our sensitive information so the right script and acting from the scammer can be a large threat to college students. Whether they are pretending to be a student loan servicer, a card servicer, or even the University itself, scam calls can be incredibly convincing. These scam calls make the callers millions of dollars every year by preying on the panic and worry of those they dial. Therefore, it is important to check, double check, and triple check before giving any information over the phone and to do whatever you can to keep your personal contact information off the internet.
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