Sentence examples for phone con from inspiring English sources

"Pretty soon they are going to cut out everything -- the phone, Con Ed, gas.

Back in October, Japan suffered a spate of swindles executed by cell phone: con artists convince someone that their young son is in trouble and needs money.

That may sound like the existing phone subsidy con, but it's different in a few big ways.

Elaborating over the phone, Mr. Conner said he earns his living working at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the telemarketing department and as an admissions assistant in the student center.

Other rising stars in the venture firmament, such as Andreessen Horowitz, have Georgia on their minds through its investment in Pindrop Security, which raised $11 million in Series A funding to prevent phone-based con artists from defrauding unsuspecting rubes.

Pros: Massive battery increase; storage space might come in handy; case protects phone from knocks Cons: £30 more for a feature you probably won't use; doesn't take many headphones; massive.

Cons: Phone numbers and text messages are susceptible to phishing or hijacking by hackers (though this is unlikely to happen unless you are a high-profile target such as a well-known activist).

Fridays, I prepare photos and letters to the editor for the next issue; it's also the day the paper hits the street, so I usually field a lot of reader comments (pro and con) via phone and email, or just on the street.

Sure, the guys who designed the phone and the air-con system are probably engineers.

We see him wrestling with a hellish machine supported by rickety scaffolding that is at once clanky air-con, faulty phone connection and psychic black hole.

Today, there's still a risk hackers could reset accounts or permissions by conning the phone company, but it's more likely they'll simply target a person's accounts directly online.