I had this number call my place of work, ask for a manager whom hasn't worked here in years. He asked me if I was in charge of credit processing. When I asked what company he represented he repeated that it was credit and debit processing. I knew at this point it was scam. I told him he needed to contact my board of directors as they make financial decision. He ended the call quickly. He did not even want to get their contact information!?
Keep them talking for long enough, and they will ask for your credit-card information, e.g., number/expiry/security-code-on-back.
Keep them talking -- they are monitored for "performance". If they take too long, and do not get anything from you, they get a "black-mark". Too many of those, and they get fired at the end of the week.
I had this number call my place of work, ask for a manager whom hasn't worked here in years. He asked me if I was in charge of credit processing. When I asked what company he represented he repeated that it was credit and debit processing. I knew at this point it was scam. I told him he needed to contact my board of directors as they make financial decision. He ended the call quickly. He did not even want to get their contact information!?
They just called here about a "business account". I told them the reality of the situation. The number they called is our fax number, but it's actually just a smart ring thing because it was my husbands grandparents phone number for 40 years and he wanted to keep it. Fair enough. So they call here looking to talk to someone that they only identified by their last name!!!! I explained why we had the number, that the grandparents had been dead for 10 years and there is definitely NO business account t!!!!