Got a call from "Amazon" saying that a $800 order has been placed and my credit card will be charge unless I respond. Push 1 to acknowledge that the credit card charge is valid and the order will be processed and your card will charged. If you didn't place the order, push 2 where a person comes on the phone and asks for verification of your credit card number to cancel the $800 order. After the first call, we've been called two more time. The caller ID number provided is a disconnected phone in MO.
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SC_Mike
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Thanks for the heads up.
Amazing how these scammers get so creative. Seems it'd be easier to just get a job.
Amazing how these scammers get so creative. Seems it'd be easier to just get a job.
Deceasedeye
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I look at the caller ID, if I don't know the caller I don't answer. Do this long enough and the calls will be fewer and fewer.
wheelgun28
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I find it amazing that as a society we have allowed criminals to destroy a public utility. I find that the phone is almost a useless item today. I no longer have a home phone and unless I know the number I don't answer the cell phone.
If it's important they leave a message, if not oh well.
I am now very hard to scam, I don't answer the phone or even the front door.
Once upon a time, we all had an obsession to answer the phone. If it rang we would run to answer.
If it's important they leave a message, if not oh well.
I am now very hard to scam, I don't answer the phone or even the front door.
Once upon a time, we all had an obsession to answer the phone. If it rang we would run to answer.
CAJUNLAWYER
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I ask them to give me the credit card number and I'll tell them whether it's the right one or not.
These scams would work a LOT better if the people on the other end would work on their english a bit.
I do a LOT pf bankruptcy work and over the years I have come to realize that each credit card has their own four digit first set of numbers. For instance all Discover cards start with 6011, master cards start with s certain set and so forth. It is the last four numbers that are the nut.
One guy called me to tell me that my card was hacked and asked what kind of card I had. I responded Discover ( I don't have and will never have a discover card). The little ******* then said well the first four numbers are 6011 correct???? I responded din an excited voice YES Oh MY GOD thats my number!!! He then asked me to confirm the last four numbers to which I replied "Nice try Punjab". Kept him on the phone for a bit more before he hung up. I wonder if they get beat by their masters for wasting time ._
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CAJUNLAWYER
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That IS their job. They work in foreign boiler rooms. I'm hoping they are chained ot a desk and get beat by their slave masters if they don't reach some quota each day
THE PILGRIM
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Just got a $1,000 bogus credit card charge.
Made my complaint to my credit card co.
They removed the charges, closed my card, I chopped it up.
Made my complaint to my credit card co.
They removed the charges, closed my card, I chopped it up.
This!
These are prevalent because people fall for the scam!
Amazon has a fraud department, so does your local law enforcement agency and your credit card company!
I was defrauded out of $78! I filed complaints with Amazon, my local Sheriff's Dept. as well as the Sheriff's Depart where the scam originated and my credit card company.
Yes, it was time consuming but worth it to see the site taken down and mail fraud charges filed!
Amazon credited my C/C account and my credit card company would have refunded as well!
It was worth it!
These are prevalent because people fall for the scam!
Amazon has a fraud department, so does your local law enforcement agency and your credit card company!
I was defrauded out of $78! I filed complaints with Amazon, my local Sheriff's Dept. as well as the Sheriff's Depart where the scam originated and my credit card company.
Yes, it was time consuming but worth it to see the site taken down and mail fraud charges filed!
Amazon credited my C/C account and my credit card company would have refunded as well!
It was worth it!
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I have credit cards set up to give me an alert on my cell phone if any transaction is made without the card being physically present. I set that up because somebody bought airline tickets in Chile and I wouldn't have known about it if I didn't check the issuer's web page every day. The charges did get reversed but I told the issuer that I was rather displeased that this charge slid through without any inquiry or notice to me when I had never been to South America in my life.
misswired
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Got a friend that's being hammered on a dating website. The first scammer had him buy her a $400 dress for her birthday a week after making contact with him. Trying to explain he is being scammed falls on deaf ears. That chick supposedly worked for Pfizer knocking down $26,000 a month......and within a week she needed you to buy her a dress? He had a picture that I reverse searched; it was the pic of a porn star. The latest woman he is communicating with is very rich. Her parents passed leaving her a fortune. He was instructed to send $700 to her guardian attorney so she could be released from his custody for a date. He texted yesterday giving me the heads up to watch his dog for a week. Guarantee you he sent the money.......with head shaking I replied sure..... I'll watch the dog......
He won't send me a pick of the new girl'........the reverse search would break his heart again
He won't send me a pick of the new girl'........the reverse search would break his heart again
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beaverislander
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This is what I have been doing for several years... it saves a lot of grief that I don't need anymore. If the caller can't leave a message then they don't need to talk with me that bad. If it's a friend or relative they know to just start talking and I'll pick up if I can, however email has eliminated most all calls.
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fiasconva
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My elderly mom gets that call at least once a week. I can't get it through to her to just hang up and not reply or argue with them. Those scammers are relentless.
The Last Standing Knight
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I ask them to give me the credit card number and I'll tell them whether it's the right one or not.
These scams would work a LOT better if the people on the other end would work on their english a bit.
I do a LOT pf bankruptcy work and over the years I have come to realize that each credit card has their own four digit first set of numbers. For instance all Discover cards start with 6011, master cards start with s certain set and so forth. It is the last four numbers that are the nut.
One guy called me to tell me that my card was hacked and asked what kind of card I had. I responded Discover ( I don't have and will never have a discover card). The little ******* then said well the first four numbers are 6011 correct???? I responded din an excited voice YES Oh MY GOD thats my number!!! He then asked me to confirm the last four numbers to which I replied "Nice try Punjab". Kept him on the phone for a bit more before he hung up. I wonder if they get beat by their masters for wasting time ._
Caj, in regard to your last comment. Yes. They have quotas to make and if they aren't made, the punishments dealt out are quite "physical" in nature in most of the cases.
I feel bad that people still answer their phone when the caller is unknown. Wake up!
THE PILGRIM
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Lately I've gotten several emails stating that my Amazon Account has serious problems and if I don't respond IMMEDIATELY my account will be closed, my Prime will be cancelled,
And if I was Amish, I would be Banished!
When you open the email from line, it ain't from Amazon.
And when you open the real Amazon Home Page, they say,
hit the buy button.
Dare ya!
And if I was Amish, I would be Banished!
When you open the email from line, it ain't from Amazon.
And when you open the real Amazon Home Page, they say,
hit the buy button.
Dare ya!
Well I see your point; however, I don't have caller I.D. on my garage or laundry room phone. If my phone rings it could be my wife if she's not home, maybe having car trouble.....
That is the right call.
I understand. You could not answer it, let her leave a voice mail. You loose 30-60 seconds of time in responding.
Chino74
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Related but not exactly the same. Years ago I had some identity theft & whoever stole my data set up utilities in some state back east, Ohio maybe. Anyway I get a call from a debt collector saying I had outstanding debt with the phone company, electric company etc..someone had put all this in my name.
I told the person I never lived there & that someone had stolen my identity info, ssn etc. Well, they informed my I would have to file a police report & prove I didn't live there. I told him to pound sand, I wasn't wasting my time, they could do what they wanted & I was not in any case going to pay one thin dime much less what they wanted me to pay. My credit got dinged, end of story, didn't affect me in any significant way.
As for phone scams, like has been said, unknown number don't pick up.
I told the person I never lived there & that someone had stolen my identity info, ssn etc. Well, they informed my I would have to file a police report & prove I didn't live there. I told him to pound sand, I wasn't wasting my time, they could do what they wanted & I was not in any case going to pay one thin dime much less what they wanted me to pay. My credit got dinged, end of story, didn't affect me in any significant way.
As for phone scams, like has been said, unknown number don't pick up.
I get that call and others. I press the button and when someone responds I say "will you a** holes quit calling" or get more vulgar. They usually get upset. Figure if they aggravate me I'm gonna aggravate them. It's a good way to relieve tension. Get 12 calls some days and it doesn't seem to matter if you answer the call or not. Larry
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Wheelgun has got it...the reason you have a phone is for your private use an convenience period.
Amazon will never call about a charge. That's between you and the bank as far as they are concerned. Use AMEX and get instant notifications over your cell phone whenever charges are posted without the card present. There is no rush to correct an improper charge. If your card is authorized for a charge you did not approve, even the banks won't do anything until it is posted.
Call them after the charge is posted to your account.
Even if you do not call them when the charge posts, it will show up on your monthly statement, and under the Fair Credit Billing Act, you have 60 days to contest the charge.
If anybody ever calls about a suspicious charge, and they are not your bank and they won't tell you the last 4 digits on your card without you asking, they are probably criminals. If you have chase bank or Amex and subscribe to notifications, they will almost always notify you of charges within seconds after a suspicious charge is authorized.
About a year ago, I heard my phone chime 3 times in about a minute. The first was a charge I did not make. The second was a charge I did not make. The 3rd was American Express saying my card had been compromised and my account cancelled. Within a few seconds after the third card, I got a call from American Express fraud department. The caller did not ask for information but informed me my card was cancelled because they found suspicious charges and that FEDEX would be delivering a new card to me the next day. They did.
I was like, how did they do that so quickly?
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mmb617
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Anyone who reads off their credit card number to someone who called them, regardless of who the caller claims to be, shouldn't have a credit card in the first place. Are there really still people that dumb?
