Warning: Clark Howard’s name used in new phone scam

[McFurd]

Clark Howard - 12/11/2017 - Theo Thimou - Here at Team Clark, we were recently tipped off to a new variation on an old scam where criminals spoof the caller ID on your phone to make it look like you have an incoming call from a certain business or person. In the past, scammers have digitally impersonated everyone from the Internal Revenue Service to the Federal Trade Commission — not to mention just about every bank out there using this strategy. But this is the first time we’ve heard of caller ID spoofing that’s done in Clark’s name. Fortunately, our tipster did not answer the incoming call when the caller ID showed as “CLARKHOWARD.” Heed the following warnings when a suspicious call comes in: Read more @ http://clark.com/scams-rip-offs/warning ... hone-scam/