Moments ago, I got an unsolicited call from "Stephanie at Card Services", wanting to lower my credit-card interest-rate to 3.9% for life.
Lots of background "chatter", and other voices reciting the same script that Stephanie was reciting.
Upon her request, I gave her _BOGUS_ birth-date, current credit-card expiry-date, and credit-card number.
She knew my name, but 30 seconds with a Google-search on my ten-digit telephone-number will show my name & address.
I asked for the city from where she was calling. Her first answer: Canada. Wrong!
I asked again, and she answered British Columbia. Wrong! BC is not a "city".
I asked again, and she answered Delta, which is a BC city.
Note that area-code '905' is *NOT* assigned to B.C.
So, she's probably using a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) to "spoof" her telephone number.
She wanted to "verify" my information, and then to pass my call to her supervisor.
I finally hung-up on her, after wasting 8 minutes of her time.
I hope that she gets fired at the end of the week, for being the least-productive person at her call-center.
They called a couple of times, but this time I answered... yeah, credit card deal of some sort. Just said I'm not interested. I agree with the others here, they have to be a scam of some sort.
Just don't pick up the phone to confirm anything with these people. If you don't know the number, Google it first BEFORE ANYTHING. If they know you're there, they'll only call again and again. Just don't bother picking it up, you cannot reason with these people or get revenge by telling them off. They want to steal your money. They already have what they need and they only need to confirm who you are.
Signed - A guy who has been getting these calls for years.
This number is being used by foreign criminals . In the past they would be punished severely for trying to rip off Americans. No longer. They do as they wish. Vote for D.Trumph and make America great again and these criminals sent back to their hovels .
A guy with an Indian or Pakistani accent called me saying he was from "Visa Services".
I know no such entity exists and so I told him there was no one with the name he said living here, and that the address he asked me to confirm was completely wrong.
He apologized and hung up.
Definitely a scam.
I'm in Montreal, he spoke to me in English without asking which language I prefer, and the call came on my cell phone.
When I get these Indian 'Charlies' calling me, obvious scams, I usually tell them to 'hey buddy, wanna spit the mouth full of marbles out before talking at me...?
They don't know how to answer.
Good for a bit of a grin and chuckle, when in the mood.