Got a call from this number. It was a robo-call supposedly from Chase card services telling my my account has been locked, and asking me if I want to unlock it. Well, since I don't even have an account with Chase, naturally I went along with it. I pressed 1 to unlock my account. I was next prompted to enter my "16-digit account number" to which I continuously entered nonsense numbers. I was hoping to baffle the robot until a human answered because, well, calling a robot a c_nt just isn't as much fun. Eventually the robot just hung up on me. Dammit. Anyhow, whoever owns this number has apparently caught on that the thick Indian accent is a dead giveaway and is now using a computer program with a (robotic) American accent. Also, per what others have said about this number, it does show as being a US number on caller ID which of course means nothing. If I wanted to I could get an IP address and phone number that would show up as being from North Korea or anywhere else for that matter provided I wanted to pay for it. I tried calling the number back but got a generic message from my cellular provider that "the call cannot be completed as dialed" so I guess it's an outbound-only number. No fun for me today. :-(
It goes without saying that anyone who calls and asks for you to enter your entire card number as a means of verification is a criminal running a scam. I would hope that nobody would be stupid enough to fall for this but undoubtedly some dumb or naive person is going to give their card number and PIN and will get their account cleaned out by these pieces of excrement. I wish I could hit the scammers in the head with a machete about fifty times, but oh well. Sometimes the bad guys do win. Otherwise there would be no point in being a bad guy.
One other thing: If some guy calls you and says "I am calling from Windows. I heard you had a wirus." It's probably a scam.
Got a call from this number. It was a robo-call supposedly from Chase card services telling my my account has been locked, and asking me if I want to unlock it. Well, since I don't even have an account with Chase, naturally I went along with it. I pressed 1 to unlock my account. I was next prompted to enter my "16-digit account number" to which I continuously entered nonsense numbers. I was hoping to baffle the robot until a human answered because, well, calling a robot a c_nt just isn't as much fun. Eventually the robot just hung up on me. Dammit. Anyhow, whoever owns this number has apparently caught on that the thick Indian accent is a dead giveaway and is now using a computer program with a (robotic) American accent. Also, per what others have said about this number, it does show as being a US number on caller ID which of course means nothing. If I wanted to I could get an IP address and phone number that would show up as being from North Korea or anywhere else for that matter provided I wanted to pay for it. I tried calling the number back but got a generic message from my cellular provider that "the call cannot be completed as dialed" so I guess it's an outbound-only number. No fun for me today. :-(
It goes without saying that anyone who calls and asks for you to enter your entire card number as a means of verification is a criminal running a scam. I would hope that nobody would be stupid enough to fall for this but undoubtedly some dumb or naive person is going to give their card number and PIN and will get their account cleaned out by these pieces of excrement. I wish I could hit the scammers in the head with a machete about fifty times, but oh well. Sometimes the bad guys do win. Otherwise there would be no point in being a bad guy.
One other thing: If some guy calls you and says "I am calling from Windows. I heard you had a wirus." It's probably a scam.
Caller type: Scammer
Company: Chase card services fake
Number: 884-577-1246