Man with a very heavy accent called out company 2x in 5 mins. All "we" could understand was "purchasing number" .... he kept talking jibberish so we asked to speak to someone who spoke english....he kept talking bull-**** so we just hung up on him...both times.
Today I received a call from a person who claimed to be Jose from UPS. His phone number showing up on my cell phone was 1(801) 567-2399 (Midvale, UT). He had information of a package I recently sent with UPS. He knew the destination and recipient name. He said he needed to verify the billing number I had given them for the charge as he was missing a part of it (note that I originally had sent the package in person not through the internet, so it was pretty convincing that this was an actual UPS call, otherwise, how could they know these details). I did not have the info handy, so he asked me to call him back. He gave me the following number (1800) 772-2267 ext 3501. I did call him back but somebody else answered telling me that they were doing a saving promotion program and that I was entitled to receive a $100 rebate/gift certificate if I only paid $3.99. I told him I was looking for Jose and he said he would have transferred me as soon as we were done with the rebate process. He asked me my VISA info (plus date of birth, address, and email address- he did not ask for my SSN). I was suspicious but he insisted with all sorts of convincing arguments that it was not a scam. Since the whole thing started as UPS related and they already knew my info (name, destination and recipient of the package) I believed it. I gave them my credit card info and then they transferred me to a different department where I had to go through a machine answering system and re-insert my credit card information and others. At the very end they kept asking me if I wanted other kinds of gifts and I declined them. I hang up. They called me back immediately from this other telephone number (201) 408-7062 (Englewood, NJ). I asked this lady information regarding how they were associated to UPS and she told me she would have connected me to the right person as soon as we were done. I asked who she was working for and she said privacymaxx. She said that I was also entitled for free monthly trials on identity protection by privacymaxx. I got annoyed and tired and forced her to stop the call and not call me back as I was busy. Note: there was a recorded voice that said I needed to call this number (177) 548-1166 to stop monthly payments if I did not want to continue with the services they were providing for free. Also note that all the people I talked to had a strong Indian accent.
I usually never ever give my info on the phone, but in this case, I felt stupid not to give it as it came from an originally UPS call related to a real expedition. I am puzzled and shocked (how could they have my UPS information anyway?????). I still don’t know the consequences of what I did (giving them my personal info), but I certainly feel this is a scam or even an identity theft attempt (especially after finding and reading this website). So I immediately called my credit card company and filed a fraud alert. These criminals are getting super-clever. I wish they used their brain for something more useful to society!
I received a voicemail from this number from a lady saying she was with a company called Xerox and she was with the accounts payable department about an open invoice with them and needed me to call her back in reference to the account number she left on my voicemail. I had never heard of them before but did not want something to mine to go unpaid so I called them right back. Some guy with an accent answered, I told him I missed a call from them and he asked for a reference number. I gave him the account number and he began to ask me where I worked. I asked him who he was and what company he was calling from, he said Xerox but began to get annoyed with me. Again he asked me where I worked and then I annoyed with him and said that's none of your business and that I had never heard of his company before so why should I go releasing all my information to him. He said so your business doesn't do business with Xerox? and I said I don't have a business and have never heard of you guys before so no I do not do business with you. He said ok then disregard the call and I said to remove my number from that account. He said I can only update the notes and I said fine. The call ended. I'm convinced they were trying to scam me. I believe had I not been so insistent on not releasing any of my personal info to him he would have really tried to get more.
I appreciate these comments. When it is some one I don't know, (Ogden, Utah?) I don't answer but I do check on line. This lead me to not return the call after investigating.