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Criminals exploit net phone calls
The conmen aim to catch vulnerable members of society
Malicious hackers are turning to net phone systems in a bid to trick people into handing over personal details.
Security firms have identified several scams in which net phone systems are harnessed to try to catch out potential victims.
In one con people are called about supposed fraudulent activity on their credit card.
So far few people have been caught out but security firms expect the number of scams to grow.
full story: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5187518.stm
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