Something weird is going on!

[pomtzu]

Here's a note that appeared in my weekly Scambusters email:

It just floors me, that people continue to give confidential info over the phone. It's just common sense (IMO) to call back the main office of who the caller claims to be, or request the info in the form of certified mail. When will people learn????????????????????

[sallyandsnowx]

This actually just happened to me about five minutes ago! I was kind of reluctant to answer the call, but the curiosity took over. I answered and I received a machine message saying, "Hi this is Rachel from your credit card holder. We would like to discuss some recent activity in your account." Automatically hung up. Not gonna fall for that one

[smokey the elder]

Known scam (Rachel). I just got an email from Chase that I'll be getting a new debit card due to the Home Depot hack. I copied it into my secure Chase mailbox to ask them if it was legit. Can't be too careful these days.

[pomtzu]

This actually just happened to me about five minutes ago! I was kind of reluctant to answer the call, but the curiosity took over. I answered and I received a machine message saying, "Hi this is Rachel from your credit card holder. We would like to discuss some recent activity in your account." Automatically hung up. Not gonna fall for that one

Smart move! When I still had my land line, I used to get a lot of calls (with a real person on the other end), telling me that they can lower my interest rate on my credit card - I just need to verify the account # with them. I always got rid of them in a hurry, when I would ask them just which card company they were representing. Click - they suddenly hung up on me!