A lady with a light foreign accent keeps calling in regards to an "active life insurance policy" that my deceased mother in law was supposed to have had. They are using her nickname and not her birth name. Wanting us to call them with information for them to complete their claim.
Two people have called from this number in the past two weeks trying to get an email address for anyone in our system. They gave the name of a freight company, said that they were from accounts payable, and were updating their PO system. I told them that we did not use a freight company and when I would not give them an email address, they insisted that they were our customer and continued to press for an email address. Didn't give one and hung up. (They did use the name of a legitimate company but I do not want to state it and connect them to this bogus call.)
Foreign accent, says they are from accts payable of Yellow Freight and are switching over to a new PO based system. They want the information of our account receivable to send them an e-mail. Will not give me a phone number (number I have from caller ID). Says he is stationed out of Kansas but this is a CA phone number.
Very same caller asking for a filled out W9 with company info. Not sure this is legitimate sounds like a hack, for information to steal identity and open fraudulent loans or accounts. Contacting Yellow Freight direct to verify. Glad you posted your experience. Thanks