Dealing with a phone scam

[Knight]

Phone scam I recognized from a few other attempts. I don't get Grampa calls, I get calls from my kids & they put my grandkids on the call. There are days when having nothing to do I good opportunity comes along.

Me- hello
Caller- Hello Grampa
Me- Hi Michael
Caller- I hate to call you with my problem
Me- Michael you know I'll always listen to you
Caller- Grampa a friend of mine invited me to a wedding out of state & he got me in trouble.
Me- What kind of trouble?
Caller- He was drunk, had an accident. At the accident police found meth in his car. They have me at the police station as an accomplice to the drugs being in his car. I need to be bailed out.
Me- How much is the bail?
Caller- I'll put the bail clerk on he will tell you.

Bail clerk on the line- Hello sir. Your grandsons bail is $2500.00
Me- OK But how do I pay from out of your state?
Bail clerk- Very easy for you. Give me your credit card number & we'll fill in the amount

Me- Ok here it is 6011-2218-7565-4445 the security code is 307

Me- Tell my grandson to come visit me when he is released.

All that wasted about 1/2 hour of the scammers time. Between me excusing myself to go to the bathroom & looking for my credit card info.

Of course I hope that by some sheer twist of fate that CC # doesn't belong to someone.

 

[Marie5656]

Back in the early days of the scam like above, I got a message on FB from my "cousin" that she and her husband were stuck in London..the lost passport one. Thing is....I had just visited them literally 2 days before (here in US of course) and questioned how they got to London so fast....and how hubby was traveling as he was seriously terminally ill and in Hospise care (thus reason for my visit) . Person signed off really fast


Well...just got this email telling me I am coming into lots of money. Anyone want to share?

I am Mrs. Jane Mandy Banat the widow of late Mr. Ali Banat. I'm 78 years old, I am suffering from prolonged cancer of the breast,
from all medical indications my condition has really deteriorated and it's pretty obvious that i may not live for more than six months owning to the rapid
growth by stage and the excruciating pain that accrues to it, I'm from Australia but based in OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES.


I want you to assist me so that FEDERAL RESERVE BANK will release my Late husband Mr. Ali Banat $51,000,000.00USD in their bank to you because this fund is Charity.


You are going to use $21,000,000.00USD for Charity and $20,000,000.00USD for you and $10,000,000.00USD for my medical treatments.


I honestly employ you to make sure that these funds are put to use for this purpose. I realize that wealth without helping out to the less privilege is vanity. contact me on (janemandybanatj@gmail.com) for
more information because I don't know what may happen to me next So get back to me, only if you can handle this transaction, and I also need your honesty

Regards:
Mrs. Jane Mandy Banat
(janemandybanatj@gmail.com)

 

[HoneyNut]

Of course I hope that by some sheer twist of fate that CC # doesn't belong to someone.

I wonder if we give a fake CC# and it turns out to be someone's real number, whether we can be liable for CC fraud? I suppose it is unlikely since I'd assume that a name has to match too.

I found the below via googling, these are some fake CC numbers that people are allowed to use (I used to use some of these when I did software testing):

What test credit card numbers can I use?​

For test transactions, you can use any of the following numbers:

• American Express - 378282246310005 (Use any 4-digit number for the Card Security Code)
• Diners Club - 30569309025904 (Use any 3-digit number for the Card Security Code)
• Discover - 6011111111111117 (Use any 3-digit number for the Card Security Code)
• Mastercard - 5555555555554444 (Use any 3-digit number for the Card Security Code)
• Visa - 4111111111111111 (Use any 3-digit number for the Card Security Code)

The Expiration Date can be any date in the future.