Tired of men with an accent I cant even understand calling all the time telling me I "won" a gift $200 card from Wal-Mart and are calling on behalf of Wal-Mart(so they say)...all I need to do is give him my Visa or MC # so he can verify it is me he is talking to...hummmmm. They will not take no for an answer and i am tired of them calling.
Possible scam. Can barely understand male caller. Can hear other phone conversations in the background. Tells me I have been chosen to receive a customer appreciation card ($200) from 1000's of marketing departments. Caller could not answer my questions. Hung up. Used LCR to get the #
Called the first time and i can't believe i was so gullible to believe him for the about ten minutes. i was actually excited about 200 bucks from Wal-Mart. then hes asking about my credit card info. i start getting a little angry at him telling him i'm not gonna do it and if there's any other way i can get it. i hung up cuz of his [***]. called me again a while ago.
When I answered the call there was a female with a thick Indian accent on the line. She went into this whole script about how my number was selected and "they" would be sending me a $200 voucher (she didn't say who "they" were). Normally I'd hang up, but I was in a good mood and thought I'd play with her head a little and try to sell her something instead. Before I could do that, the call started sounding fishy, so I stayed on to see if I could get any information worth reporting.
It seemed like she was fishing for information because she kept explaining the voucher again and again, offering a little more detail each time, almost like she was deciding what to say next based on my reaction to each piece of information. Eventually she explained that I would get a voucher in the mail worth $200, $100 of which I could use at Walmart and $100 of which I could use for gas anywhere. The voucher would be sent free of charge and all I would have to pay is $3.95 S&H upon receiving it. She said the promotion was sponsored by Visa and Mastercard and asked if I used either of those cards (suspicious why two competing credit card companies would team up to give me $200 for no reason and broker the deal through some strange Indian telemarketer) First she needed to verify my information. She read me my name, address, and telephone number and asked me to confirm (I did, figuring it wouldn't hurt since they had it anyway) then as a final piece of confirmation she needed me to tell her the expiration date of my Visa card. That's where I hit the brakes. I told her there was no way I would give any credit card information especially without knowing who was asking. I asked for the name, number, and address of her company. She responded that after I confirmed my identity with the card's expiration date, she could transfer me to a verification line that would tell me the name of the company she worked for. She then proceeded to explain to me how nobody can use the expiration date of a credit card to get my money. After several requests, she transferred me to the verification manager. His name was supposedly David, ID#11474. He also had a thick Indian accent. He told me the name of the company was Financial Education of America and the website was www.fea.com. He said that when I received my voucher in the mail it would have contact phone numbers and addresses of the company. He then asked for my expiration date. I said I wasn't interested, and then hung up. They immediately called back, I picked up and hung up again.