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Telemarketers may target calls based on victims' age or other publicly available statistics. The rise and fall of auto insurance scammers may indicate targeting people in their early twenties. It could also be tied to other events, such as the purchase of an automobile. There have also been various reports online about the commonality of this scam in and around 2013, ([https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/hang-up-quick-the-car-insurance-robocall-scam]) indicating this may have been a particularly challenging problem during this period.
 
Telemarketers may target calls based on victims' age or other publicly available statistics. The rise and fall of auto insurance scammers may indicate targeting people in their early twenties. It could also be tied to other events, such as the purchase of an automobile. There have also been various reports online about the commonality of this scam in and around 2013, ([https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/hang-up-quick-the-car-insurance-robocall-scam]) indicating this may have been a particularly challenging problem during this period.
  
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The title text refers to a common scamming tactic in which a {{w|Robocall|robocaller}}, typically one named "Emily," will claim to be having trouble with their headset and say "Can you hear me now?" The trick is either to keep you on the line while taking a second or two to connect you to a real person to get scammed, or to get a recording of you saying "yes" for potential fraudulent use (or both).
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The title text refers to a common scamming tactic in which a {{w|Robocall|robocaller}}, typically one named "Emily," will claim to be having trouble with their headset and say "Can you hear me now?" The trick is that you will think you're talking to a person, not a computer that took a second or two to connect. However, this is not the case and will usually simply transfer the victim to a real person to get scammed.
  
 
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