Called after 7:00am this morning. Asked for my mother by name. Informed her that her Scotiabank card had been used to send a money transfer of $600 through Western Union to someone with the same last name. She said the caller was male and has a thick accent. She told him she didn't send any money...didn't even know what Western Union was. He told her to check if she still had her credit card, to go look for it. She informed him that this credit card was cancelled by Scotiabank previously because she didn't use it. He hung up immediately. My 90 year old grandfather (next door) as well as a friend in a nearby town also got called extremely early this morning, SCAMMERS. DO NOT ANSWER THIS NUMBER. My mother called Scotiabank to inform them and they unfortunately didn't know how to handle it.
Yes. I got one too. They said that they were from Visa Credit Services. They asked if I had authorized a $500 payment to India via Western Union. They said that I should cancel the card and they started by asking me the first 4 digits of my card. I informed them that there was no way I was going to share anything over the phone & that I they had such a 'transaction', they clearly also should have all of the information regarding any numbers involved. Clearly a SCAM & the only reason I listened to their crap was to be able to WARN OTHERS.
I got the same call..woke me up. Said I made a $600 transfer to India and newdwd to cancel my card. I asked which bank was the card from and he said Royal..I don't have a Royal bank Visa so he hung up on me then.He was wanting me to verify by giving him the full card number; etc. Accent was from India..said his name was Kevin Brown..haha. It was a call Centre. .I could hear others making the same calls. Beware.
I just received a phone call from this number today. A man named Tom (with a very heavy south East Asian accent) asked to speak with my father but I proceeded to ask who and what they were calling about. Without any security measures, he said that he was calling from Visa Credit Services and they were calling to verify a $600 transaction made on my dad's visa starting with 45. I said to him which Visa as "he had multiple Visa cards with different banks", with the language barrier he called his manager and Kevin asked the same thing so I told them why they would discuss this matter with me when I wasn't the right person and that they didn't even ask any questions to ensure they were speaking with the proper person. He just kept repeating that there was a $600 transaction made through Western Union on a card starting with 45...after he couldn't answer my questions he hung up. THIS IS A SCAM PEOPLE!!! They are trying to get you to read your credit card number over the phone. DO NOT MAKE THAT MISTAKE!!! BEWARE OF THESE SCAMMERS!!
Someone named Manoj (Heavy Punjabi accent) aggressively calling me demanding to speak to Jitpaul Seth ? Manoj claims that Jitpaul Seth owes his organization money. I could hear background noise so possibly a Call Centre.