A lady called me representing herself as an AT&T employee telling me about a fraudulent company tried to subscribe me for a long distance service. After providing me information about my account, she said that in order for this not to happen again that I should put a third party block. She sent me an e-mail at the same time I was talking on the phone with her. She said to reply by sending an attached letter on the e-mail so she can process the third party block order. I told her that this is unusual for this type of call. Later she stated that she work with a company that works with At&t and that I will be able to see the letterhead that says "At&t". She was right I saw at&t on the letterhead but ooking at the possibilities of a scam, I decided to call At&t to get more information. I look for their company and nothing was found and her number was not listed. My phone's caller ID showed "450-0". This people are very good but no as good.
I too got this call, looks like just trying to switch long distance carriers to AT&T. We have a 3rd party LD provider we are happy with. We often get attempts like this from other companies. Read before you sign! Likely nothing illegal here...
Terri Chalaire, PE
Chalaire & Associates, Inc.
Engineering Consultants