I know that it goes without saying in this day and age but I feel the need to put this out there.
I just got off the phone with my mom. Apparently my Aunt got a phone call tonight stating that her checking account was being used on the internet. I should preface this by saying that my Aunt is in her mid sixties, hard of hearing and while I never figured her for naive, I think it runs in the family among the sisters. The man asked her to verify her checking account number. She said to him: "This isn't a scam is it?" and after reassuring her that it was not she gave him her checking account information. He gave her an 800 number to call if she had any questions.
It wasn't until she got off the phone that she started to think about it and get worried. She called my mom up in tears, embarrassed for being so gullible.
My mom calmed her down and demanded that she go to the bank first thing in the morning and straighten this out. After she was off the phone she called her friend at the attorney generals office and he gave her the all night 800 number to that particular bank. My aunt called them and they put an immediate freeze on the account. As of the time of her call to the bank nothing had shown up as missing from her account. She will go to the bank in the morning with all her information and set up a new account. My mom called the 800 number the scammer gave my aunt and it was a recording that just said: "You have reached customer service." No company name and asked that they call back within regular business hours.
I know it's not rocket science to not give out your credit card/checking account information over the phone or the web but it just irks the hell out of me that people prey on the old and or gullible. Fuckers!
No matter how stupid it seems to warn your friends and relatives never to give out any financial information in any form...do it.
7:42 p.m. - 2005-07-21
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