Claimed to be representing Discover Magazine. Wanted to verify my address for my subscription. I had renewed directly with Discover a month or so ago and stated that. Woman insisted she was just verifying my address for the subscription paid for with an XYZ credit card. I had not paid with an XYZ card, I paid with an ABC card, so was suspicious this was one of those companies pretending to represent Discover (Discover has confirmed in the past to me that there have been companies doing this and they are legally trying to stop them). I asked the woman for the last 4 digits of my XYZ credit card and she hung up on me. FAKE!
called at 7:00 eastern time and left no message.
also answered the phone and nothing.
called back with multiple numbers and no response except for message that says, "Thank you for calling?"
followed up with Discover Magazine and received the response below - yep, the 904-306-5793 call was a scam. There are PLENTY of these scammers trying to sell Discover magazine, and Discover DOES NOT LET 3rd PARTY DISCOUNTERS SELL SUBSCRIPTIONS...so don't fall for it. From Discover:
"We apologize for the phone calls you have been receiving. We believe the call was made by a subscription agency. We take these complaints very seriously and we do not condone any company making nasty and harassing phone calls. As we identify these companies, who are not authorized to sell our magazines, we can take further action against them. Thank you for informing us of your difficulties with these calls."
Got a call from this number claiming I had reserved 2 year subscription to Playboy. Had a card number which wasn't mine. Said she would charge the card anyway. They've called numerous times, but first time I actually talked to someone. This happened about a year ago claiming the same thing. She said she was Playboy's account manager for my account. I called Playboy and I have no account with them.