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Odd phone calls, possible scam
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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All of a sudden yesterday I started getting repeated phone calls from a couple numbers - 626-207-9164, 213-363-5111, etc. I'm counting 12 calls in the past two days. There's always a significant delay between me answering and them talking, and they can never pronounce my name.
A quick Google search says it's recent and common, and it's a scam.
They know the last four digits of my card and my address, and they want to send me a Target gift card. All callers have heavy accents (FWIW).
I can't find anything about this promotion on Chase's website so I suppose I should contact them and report possible identity theft?
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 1999
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Games Meister
Join Date: Aug 2009
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Don't make fun of my accent.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: planning a comeback !
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As a rule, NEVER EVER give out information to someone who called you.
Except, of course, if they say with a thick Indian accent that it's legit
-t
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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Laminar, how did they get the last four digits of your visa account?
edit: and your address?
be careful!
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"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by osiris
Laminar, how did they get the last four digits of your visa account?
That's on every receipt. Not hard to get.
To get the associated phone# is the harder part.
Some receipts show a name, so they could go the White Pages route.
Originally Posted by osiris
be careful!
For real ?
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Games Meister
Join Date: Aug 2009
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I'd be a little concerned somewhere you bought something online got hacked as well.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Sep 2000
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Originally Posted by turtle777
As a rule, NEVER EVER give out information to someone who called you.
Except, of course, if they say with a thick Indian accent that it's legit
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Well, yeah. That would be Apple/American Express/Autodesk support calling you. Actually, any company with the letter 'A' as the first letter.
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"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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Chase confirmed that no such offer exists and that they haven't called me at all.
Card is blocked, a new one with a new number is on its way. I'm changing my passwords now.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Chase confirmed that no such offer exists and that they haven't called me at all.
Card is blocked, a new one with a new number is on its way. I'm changing my passwords now.
They wanted you to order a new card.
They arranged for a guy to intercept the delivery of the new card. You are DOOMED.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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This card is rarely used - in the past month I've bought a few plane tickets and a few motorcycle parts from sellers on Amazon - but in the case of purchasing on Amazon, the seller never sees my payment info, AFAIK.
I am basically sitting on the Texas/Mexico border right now, and I arrived here the day before the calls started. I've purchased a few meals on the card.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Originally Posted by Laminar
I am basically sitting on the Texas/Mexico border right now, and I arrived here the day before the calls started. I've purchased a few meals on the card.
Someone's following you. Watch out for this guy:
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"One ticket to Washington, please. I have a date with destiny."
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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The problem is that I'm a fan of pneumatic cylinders, and take any opportunity I can to put my head near them.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Considering the last 4 digits is what gets changed when a company issues someone a new card, it makes no sense for those digits to be the ones shown on a receipt.
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I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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Whenever I've had a card number change, it's a lot more than the last 4 digits.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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Originally Posted by Eriamjh
Considering the last 4 digits is what gets changed when a company issues someone a new card, it makes no sense for those digits to be the ones shown on a receipt.
It helps you keep track of which card you used for which purchase. For example, keeping track of debit card purchase separate from credit card purchases.
Originally Posted by Big Mac
Whenever I've had a card number change, it's a lot more than the last 4 digits.
In my experience, the new number may share the first 2 or 3 digits with the old one, but that's been about it.
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2001
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I regularly have my cards replaced. Each time, the first 8 digits were the same and only the last 8 changed. Of course, other companies could be different.
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I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
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