BOISE -- The Better Business Bureau says they have received an extraordinarily high number of calls Thursday about a phone scam that hit the Boise area hard.
"We have received 40 phone calls just today alone, which is alarming for us at the Better Business Bureau," said Dale Dixon with the Better Business Bureau. "And people are reporting that they have caller ID numbers showing up that's very similar to their own, and once they answer the phone is it someone asking for their credit card numbers, so they can reduce their interest rates or their payments -- and bottom line -- it is a scam."
Dixon also says it's likely that enough people fell for the scam in the Boise area that the scammers thought it was sort of a hot spot and increased the calls.
Got a call from 1-315-744-5518 at 9:00 am, no message, and number is invalid when I try to call back. Anyone know who this is? I live in Denver so a new york number is strange
Spam call to my CELL from upstate NY. My VM just caught this much. "...6% on all your credit card accounts. The only requirement is you must owe at least 3000.00 between all your credit card accounts and have one in good standing. Press 1 now to speak to a friendly customer services agent." Called back and got a "mailbox belonging to this # is full" message. No surprise there.