{"id":24756,"date":"2026-09-07T15:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/the-death-of-hello-how-gen-z-and-scammers-put-paid-to-the-greeting\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T15:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:37:18","slug":"the-death-of-hello-how-gen-z-and-scammers-put-paid-to-the-greeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/the-death-of-hello-how-gen-z-and-scammers-put-paid-to-the-greeting\/","title":{"rendered":"The death of \u2018hello\u2019: how gen Z \u2013 and scammers \u2013 put paid to the greeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re called by an unidentified number, the advice is to remain silent until you\u2019re sure there\u2019s a human being on the line. Is this the end of an era?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Hello.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 200 years old.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/sep\/07\/death-of-hello-gen-z-and-scammers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0d0d9f99fc3666e4e941bd1c87cc2076c622c6f3\/329_0_4750_3800\/master\/4750.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f59659d8037c97bc8495881cbce76cf3\" title=\"The death of \u2018hello\u2019: how gen Z \u2013 and scammers \u2013 put paid to the greeting\" \/>If you\u2019re called by an unidentified number, the advice is to remain silent until you\u2019re sure there\u2019s a human being on the line. Is this the end of an era?<br \/>\nName: Hello.<br \/>\nAge: 200 years old. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re called by an unidentified number, the advice is to remain silent until you\u2019re sure there\u2019s a human being on the line. Is this the end of an era? Name: Hello. Age: 200 years old. Continue reading&#8230; If you\u2019re called by an unidentified number, the advice is to remain silent until you\u2019re sure there\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/07\/the-death-of-hello-how-gen-z-and-scammers-put-paid-to-the-greeting\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The death of \u2018hello\u2019: how gen Z \u2013 and scammers \u2013 put paid to the greeting<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24756"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}