Something Fishy in a Phone Number?

[fureverywhere]

I was just busy checking up on magazine subscriptions. I get several and forget when they're due sometimes. You can renew online of course but I feel better calling the 800 number and talking to a human. I was looking for the number for Esquire. I did a search for the phone number and there was a listing for Esquire magazine customer service.

When I called I got some guy who had English as a fifth language. There was a lot of background noise. It just seemed odd. It was also weird that he asked for a birthdate. I wouldn't give him that and I hung up the phone immediately. But that was just creepy. I did get the actual phone number eventually...one quite different. So just a warning about sites masquerading as another business.

 

[Wrigley's]

"When I called I got some guy who had English as a fifth language."

lol!

Smart gal to hang up. I'd suggest telling the real c/s about it if I had any faith they'd care.

 

[Manatee]

I renew my magazines with a check sent US Mail. No hackers.

 

[BlunderWoman]

The funniest call I got was from a man with a very thick Indian accent saying he was from the IRS and I needed to settle my account or the officers of the IRS would be knocking at my door.

 

[mattc]

The funniest call I got was from a man with a very thick Indian accent saying he was from the IRS and I needed to settle my account or the officers of the IRS would be knocking at my door.

Hahahaha I have had that one.I have gotten the same sort of one saying that he was from microsoft and i got him so mad at me that he finally told me to go F myself.I wanted to explain to him that he was a poor nicrosoft representative but he wouldn't stay on long enough for me to do so.

 

[BlunderWoman]

Hahahaha I have had that one.I have gotten the same sort of one saying that he was from microsoft and i got him so mad at me that he finally told me to go F myself.I wanted to explain to him that he was a poor nicrosoft representative but he wouldn't stay on long enough for me to do so.

LOL. Remember when bill collectors used to be able to get horrible with you and get away with it. I had one call me many years ago. I told him if it was a choice between feeding my kids or paying that bill, the bill wasn't going to be paid. It was a medical bill. He called me the big old B word. Then I called him a name I'll bet a dollar he never heard before

 

[ossian]

It is quite worrying now how hackers can trick you. I watched a TV programme here last week that focussed on phone scamming. It covered such tricks as scammers fooling you into believing that your bank account had been hacked and tricking you into calling them back. It all sounded very plausible. However, the one scam that really shocked me was when they explained that hackers now can use software to disguise the number displayed when they call you. So, they could display a bank's number which is displayed on your phone - assuming your phone displays caller IDs.

I now find that I seldom answer my landline unless I recognise the caller. It is becoming a pretty redundant piece of equipment.