"alexd" <troffasky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Andy Davidson wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:10:26 -0800 (PST), John McGarrigle wrote:
> >> Just been speaking to a friend who claims to have received a call
> >> saying "This is your bank, please press 1 to continue" or something
> >> similar. They believe it to be a scam, whereupon pressing 1 they will
> >> be charged at premium rates for the rest of the call (even though it
> >> was inbound).
> >
> > I had this to my mobile the other week - they claimed to be calling from
> > someone I do have an account with, but I dropped the call since I wasn't
> > expecting a call from them.
> >
> > It turned out that they wanted to verify that some transactions on my
> > card that had been made that day were genuine, and nothing sinister.
>
> Interesting. I suppose it hadn't occurred to them that whoever may have
> nicked your card might have nicked your phone also?
and when they get through do they still ask you to verify who you are by
giving them some personal data?
and then get very upset when you ask them to verify who they are?
ask for a reference code that you can use when you ring back on the
published number.
>
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