I received a call early this morning from 206-508-4014. A woman with a thick accent said she was calling from Amazon.com about a gift card my husband ordered. She wanted to speak to him. She asked if I was (first name) I said "I am his wife." She gave me the last 3 numbers of a credit card and said it was used to order a $100 gift card and did we still want it. It was ordered using a fictitious gmail address. I said no and she urged me to call the credit card company. She said she cancelled the order.
The credit card company said a few hours earlier, the account was "tested" for a $10 purchase.
LEGIT. It was amazon, calling to verify gift card charge on on c.card. all good, I made them pull up info only amazon would have and they were able to, and then the transaction info they had all matched.
I got a call from 206 508 4014 seattle washington. They hung up as I answered it. I am so glad I didnt get there before they hung up. It only rang 3 times.
same here... I could not understand most of the caller... a woman with a thick accent. Trying to validate some sort of a $110 charge I think. I said no such charge was authorized by me.. she hung up. This tactic is getting out of hand.. makes me wonder why our useless Govt is not responding to such complaints as there are several tax payer supported agency staffs that get paid to investigate these complaints, yet do not. We are on our own and no one cares.. even the companies that are compromised as their business models are based upon "for every customer lost, 5 new ones appear." Welcome to 21st century American commerce!