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WHO CALLED FROM 8556350653? ATTEMPTED TO SCAM YOU?
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Diana D, United States |
23-Jan-2015 |
Received Call from 8556350653, URGENT NOTICE post card. they promise a $100 gift rebate reward.
An "URGENT NOTICE" post card is sent by e-mail. 855-635-0653 The scam is that they promise a $100 gift rebate reward good at Walmart, Target, etc. You have to call them and claim your price with the claim #. They tell you that that you are 1 out of 25 people picked to receive the reward. They tell you they will charge you $4.95 for processing only. Then they ask for your visa/mastercard and other pertinent information. I "supervisor" steps in and verifies your information and you are routed to an automatic recorder that records the information such as your card number and mailing address. hang up and tell them they are scammers
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Free Reward offers come attached with a variety of scams. The ‘Free Card’ would require user to pay shipping and handling, using a credit card which is a ruse to steal data and to fraudulently charge a much higher amount, than the promised S&H charges. The card may never arrive. And if it arrives at all, it will be worthless, since it won’t be accepted by any major retailer.
In another version, the scammer would sign up the victim, for Magazine or digital content subscriptions which have to be cancelled by the victim within a month. Victims being unaware that they have been signed in for subscription (using the credit card info given for making payment for shipping), will miss the deadline to cancel.
Victims are often directed to a phishing website where the his / her login credentials and other personal info are stolen.
A call center in Philippines running this scam was shut down by the police. According to this report “call center agents would call customers in the US and ask them to buy a registration card, which would cost $2.99 excluding processing fees in exchange for $100 gift card vouchers for all gasoline stations in the US, gift cards exclusive for Wallmark Grocery, and other freebies.
After the customers bought the cards through credit cards, the call center agents would no longer communicate with them.”
(newsinfo.inquirer.net/410755/call-center-raided-by-cops-in-cebu-for-selling-bogus-gift-cards-to-americans )
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