Yesterday, several unknown number showed up on my phone. I wasn't home then, but I was this morning and answered. Gal with nasal, southern accent said she was calling from Publisher's Sweepstakes Centre and my name had been entered into a draw for $25,000.00. Immediately asked for my year of birth. I asked her what comapny is this? She replied that she had told me what company she was calling from! I asked her where this company was from and she exhaled and told me they had offices in the US and Canada and what was the year of my birth. I told her no thanks but to have a nice day. As I was putting the phone down, I could hear her quite loudly saying "mam, I just asked for your year of birth!" She needs to take a course in customer service.
JUST GOT A CALL FROM BRENDA AT NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE CENTER . UNSURE AS WHO WAS CALLING AS THE NUMBER WAS NOT SHOWN , I STATED THAT I WAS NOT AT HOME . BRENDA INFORMED THAT SHE'LL CALL AGAIN LATER. WONDERING IF THIS IS ANOTHER SCAM.
These phone calls are still being made. I received a call today. They get your information if you have a subscription to a magazine with a credit card. They knew my information because of my subscription to Cosmopolitan. I am not happy with either Visa or Cosmopolitan for giving out this information and I just had 10 minutes of my time wasted.
If your credit card company gave out your personal info to a third party it is because you gave them permission. Likely it was in the fine print when you agreed to it.