Have received several calls today from "Y CONFIRM ORDERS". The telephone number on my caller ID is 1-269-477-2157. I have received these calls before but never answered them. Out of curiosity I called the number back and the message was that they were calling me to confirm my order but not to worry if I missed their call they would send the order anyway. Haven't ordered anything recently so I figured it was a mistake. When they called back again I answered the call. A very loud voice asked for me by name and proceeded to tell me that because of a "recent purchase" I had made I was going to receive a VISA card for $125 in gas rewards. He began to ask me questions that made me believe he was phishing for information. I told him that I was not comfortable with any of this and that I was going to report this call as a scam and then hung up the phone. I believe this to be a scam and by the questions the caller was asking identity theft would have been the outcome.
Basically the same thing happened to me. Someone from VISTA called and tried to convince me that I had earned some gas rebates and that they would send me the rebates along with other offers that I could use or not use, but if I used them it would be a $29.99 membership fee and that either way the gas rebates would be mine regardless of whether or not I joined the membership. I said okay and she transferred me to some other person and I asked him which VISA had I used to have earned this and he gave the last four numbers of a card that I haven't used for years so didn't recognize the number and he said I had made a purchase with that card within the past 4 months. I said well I don't have the card anymore and he said well that's okay you can give me any other VISA or Mastercard number....."AHA!!" I said, " So, that's the scam.I knew something like that was gonna happen." and then I told him, "No way am I going to give you credit card information over the phone." And he hung up on me. Luckily I kept my wits about me. I can't stand to think of how this could so trick someone!! Evil VISTA people!!
I must have got about 5 calls from this numer yesterday and today I received 3. I finally picked up and a "quick" talking guy said something about free gas cards. I was as quick to tell him to stop calling here and "quickly" hung the phone up. I would advise the same. Also, if you know of elderly people who may not have the internet or know about the do not call registry. PLEASE HELP THEM!!! They are the ones who are the most affected by these scams. I am also reporting this number to the FBI fraud/identity theft unit....
I don't answer the calls, but curiously, I called them back. The recorded message says "We are trying to confirm your address for your order, but don't worry, if we don't receive a phone call from you, we will still ship your order." Ship away morons, it's a Federal Offense to scam people by mail so I HOPE you do.