Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
You’ve heard the advice: When you receive an unexpected phone call from a company, hang up and call its verified phone number. But can you trust an internet search to find a valid number? Criminals have figured out how to deceive search engines including Google and put fake phone numbers in search results that look like the real thing. This malvertising, or malicious advertising, can lead to disaster for consumers like Marcia whose search for Amazon’s customer service number goes very wrong.
AARP’s weekly podcast The Perfect Scam, a project of the AARP Fraud Watch Network, tells the stories of people who find themselves the target of a scam. Host Bob Sullivan introduces listeners to those who have experienced scams firsthand, as well as leading experts who pull back the curtain on how scammers operate.
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AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to helping people ages 50 and older to improve their quality of life as they age. With over 38 million members and growing, we lead positive social change through our extensive product offerings and services.
You’ve heard the advice: When you receive an unexpected phone call from a company, hang up and call its verified phone number. But can you trust an internet search to find a valid number? Criminals have figured out how to deceive search engines including Google and put fake phone numbers in search results that look like the real thing. This malvertising, or malicious advertising, can lead to disaster for consumers like Marcia whose search for Amazon’s customer service number goes very wrong.
AARP’s weekly podcast The Perfect Scam, a project of the AARP Fraud Watch Network, tells the stories of people who find themselves the target of a scam. Host Bob Sullivan introduces listeners to those who have experienced scams firsthand, as well as leading experts who pull back the curtain on how scammers operate.
Learn more here: aarp.org/theperfectscam
If you want to be notified of stories like this, please *SUBSCRIBE* to our channel: youtube.com/@AARP?sub_confirmation=1
Please consider supporting more content like this by becoming an AARP member: aarp.org/becomeamember
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Connect with AARP Online:
Visit us: aarp.org
Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/AARP
Follow us on X: https://x.com/AARP
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to helping people ages 50 and older to improve their quality of life as they age. With over 38 million members and growing, we lead positive social change through our extensive product offerings and services.
