{"id":8793,"date":"2024-06-28T05:56:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T05:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=8793"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:21:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:21:33","slug":"phone-borrowing-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/phone-borrowing-scam","title":{"rendered":"What are phone borrowing scams?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Phone borrowing scams occur when individuals, often posing as strangers in distress, ask to borrow your phone under the guise of making an urgent call or sending an emergency text. Instead, the scammer will use deceptive actions while on your phone to steal private information. 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