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> I received a call just last Thursday from a professionally recorded American sounding female voice saying it was my credit card company. "Nothing was wrong wi
by amyjess 10y ago
> I received a call just last Thursday from a professionally recorded American sounding female voice saying it was my credit card company. "Nothing was wrong with my account" but there was an opportunity to reduce my interest rate on EITHER my "MasterCard" OR "Visa."
I've gotten phone calls where the recording introduced itself with "Hi, this is the credit card holder rewards center for Visa Mastercard."
Can they be any more obvious they're a scam?
And then there's the generic "Hello, this is Rachel from Cardmember Services". Or "Cardholder Services" or whatever name they're using at the moment (it keeps changing names as the feds keep going after them).
- animal531 10y agoSometimes you think it's stupidity, but sometimes from their side the clever scammers use it as a filter. You obviously know it doesn't make sense, so you hang up and don't waste their time. But xyz down the road doesn't, which means they are both not as informed and far more likely to fall for the scam.