Scammers could take advantage of iOS 17's 'Live Voicemail' transcriptions, experts warn

Our technology keeps getting better and better, but so do the

scammers

who try to scam us. Millions of iPhone users will soon be using the latest iOS 17 software update. But we should pay close attention to Megan Schiller, expert sales correspondent. One new feature in particular is that we all get calls from numbers we don't have and most of us just pick up the phone, mute it and maybe listen to the

voicemail

later, but now a new iOS 17 update will have something called in a

live

. Voicemail and

experts

warn

that it is an opportunity for

scammers

in a world of constant communication.

It's all about speed and convenience with our phones. Live

voicemail

is like the old answering machines some of us remember from 20 years ago, except it transcribes the incoming call. It will look the same as this new app feature during this week's launch, but Umail CEO Alex Qualici says people are one click away from a scam, so what Apple does is show you the tailored transcription They leave the message and you can enter. and so when you come in, you're now on the phone call, at which point you can press one or you can start talking to them, whatever it is, how do you think this affects consumer safety across the range?

Well, that's how we did it. We did a survey a while back in April and we wanted to understand who was being scammed and for how much, and our hypothesis was that it was older people. It actually turned out that younger people were scammed more than older people, but for a smaller amount if you think about it. It makes sense, the quality tells us that. The Umail survey revealed that young people are more accustomed to receiving taxes or calls about things and handling it quickly before hanging up. Older people may be more suspicious, but they are

take

n for larger amounts of money and these Robo scams continue to increase.

Getting better, they are often really compelling and give people a sense of urgency. If you see something that says this is your bank calling and it's about to transfer two thousand dollars from your account, there's a little part of you that says oh, I need to stop that, okay, you press one and now you're down. , where they ask you questions and all of a sudden you're giving them information that you didn't mean to and you know we see that in our staff. Next door every day there is someone who has fallen victim to one of these scams, so what can you do to stay safe?

Experts say that once you get the update on your phone, you can go into these settings on your phone and turn off

live

voicemail.