RUSH: Folks, I can\u2019t believe this. I\u2019ve gotta warn you. Every time there\u2019s a phishing scam out there, I warn you to be on the lookout for it. These are trick emails designed to get you to click on a bogus link that then potentially opens your computer up, all of the data on your computer to a — it\u2019s not a hack, but to a bad guy either trying to get information off of your computer or have access to, say, your credit card numbers that might be on file.<\/p>\n
And they\u2019re made to look real, and they\u2019re made to look like they\u2019re really from Apple, or from American Express, or take your pick. And they work! And they work against even the smartest people in the world, like John Podesta. We learned of his emails because he fell for a phishing attack. Well, here\u2019s the latest. It\u2019s not a phishing attack. It\u2019s a phone scam.<\/p>\n
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I have a duty to warn you that if you get a call from the IRS — I\u2019m not making this up, folks — if you get a call from somebody claiming to be the IRS saying that you owe back taxes and that if you hang up on them, if you do not follow instructions, there are officers in the neighborhood standing by to show up and arrest you. This is very serious. The IRS is going to give you a one-time opportunity to erase this debt if you will pay a portion of it in iTunes gift cards.<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s working!<\/p>\n
Now, put yourself in the position, you answer your phone, somebody on the other end says they\u2019re the IRS, you have back taxes you didn\u2019t know about. Law enforcement is waiting to arrest you, of course, unless you\u2019re an illegal immigrant. And then you\u2019re told that all you have to do is submit a portion of the payment in iTunes gift cards or vouchers and you say, “Okay, cool, I\u2019ll go for that.” And they make you buy gift cards online while you\u2019re on the phone with them. Just amazing things.<\/p>\n
And you know who\u2019s falling for it? You would think it would be the elderly and seasoned citizens, but it\u2019s largely Millennials. It is largely Millennials falling for this. In fact, there\u2019s an entire story — I\u2019ve had it on hold here for a couple of days — about how Millennials are much more gullible today than seasoned citizens. And that\u2019s very unusual. The young are considered hip and aware and on the case, so to speak. But it turns out now that the most vulnerable and the most gullible to come-ons and scams happens to be our Millennial population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RUSH: Millennials are much more gullible today than seasoned citizens. And that\u2019s very unusual. The young are considered hip and aware and on the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":266840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n