Police in several states are urging people to avoid answering this simple question from a phone number they do not know. In those phone calls, scammers were using phrases like, "Are you the lady of the house? Similar calls are now being reported in Virginia -- with criminals asking the question, "Can you hear me?" “That kind of warms you up,” Hughes told the station, warning that those on the receiving end should hang up the phone immediately. So we do not get a whole lot of reports, unfortunately,” Hughes told the station.

Source: Fox News January 27, 2017 19:18 UTC