It's been a while.... (scam alert)

Email: 

"Daniel, (so & so) magazine has charged your card $30.19, if this is in error please call 1-800-....   Same number that's on the back of the card.

I get that magazine so I call.  "Good morning Daniel, to verify, we need your credit card number and Social Security Number"

I will look it up and get back to you.

How many people supply the info?  Sucks.

I almost got caught in one of those the other day. Got called from a (spoofed) number I knew to be WF. I was literally woken out of a dead sleep so all my wits were still in a different dimension. Went through the normal verification process, and then he said he needed my FULL SSN. No- berkeley you buddy. WF has not asked me for that in almost 25 years. hung up, called WF, locked my E36 M3 down immediately. 

I guess the good news here is that if anyone or anything asks for your social, it should be an immediate red flag.

Unfortunately, not everyone seems to have realized that yet.

I get three a day.  Well, maybe not quite that many, but still...

I met my wife (Trish) and the only people that call her Patty live hundreds of miles away and only call when something bad happens.

Ring - Ring.

Hi, is Patty there?

"Who's calling please?"

This is Jennifer.

"OK, hold on"

TRISH!  She comes downstairs; "it's Jennifer, asked for Patty".

She gets a concerned look, tentatively takes the phone.  Hello?

Hi Patty, this is Jennifer from the Olan-Mills Portrait Studio, how are you tonight?

BERKELEY #$%! 4*+~ female dog !!!  Fugzamaddawidyou

The scam that gets us laughing at the moment is the call from "The Department of Service Canada" that says my "Social Insurance Card has been suspended due to suspicious activity."

I think I'm supposed to be worried that my govt ID number is going wild on Wayfair, or something.

Stealthtercel said:

The scam that gets us laughing at the moment is the call from "The Department of Service Canada" that says my "Social Insurance Card has been suspended due to suspicious activity."

I think I'm supposed to be worried that my govt ID number is going wild on Wayfair, or something.

 

I am waiting, impatiently, for a live human to phone with that line, instead of a recording. 

"Really?  That is wonderful!  I'm getting really tired of having to pay taxes.  How do I sign up?"