Verizon cellphone scam

[matese]

Just as a heads up to anyone that has a cell phone. If you receive a call on your cell phone saying they are from your wireless provider, if you answer their brief survey you will get $ (20.00) off your next wireless bill, hang up on them, it's a scam. I just received such a call, knowing better not to give out information, at the end of the typical questions that wireless surveys ask, I was asked in order to verify I was the account holder to give him my pass word, I gave him a phoney one just to see if he would say that was NOT correct, he says, "let me check" then says YES that is correct lol dumb $%%#^, then he asked to verify I am the named person on the acct. to give him my zip code, again I gave him a NY zip code (I live in Pa.) he checks and says yes that is correct, then asks to verify I am who I say I am to give him the last 4 digits of my SSI #, again gave him made up numbers, again he says correct. I hang up, call cust. svce. ask do they have ppl offer $ off their next bill to answer survey, I am told NO it is a scam. so family YT members, if you get such a call, HANG UP. You do not have to have Verizon as your provider, I called my friends and family to advise them, they have received similar calls from providers other then Verizon.

[Verbena]

Thanks for sharing

[marcie]

I have Verizon. Thank you for the info.

[Yorkiemom1]

It just never stops, does it????

[thelittleyorkie]

Completely unrelated to Verizon, but I was chatting with an Amazon agent online and I asked about the free Prime trial, and then for some reason he wanted to know my username and password. I asked why he needed it, couldn't he just see it in his system and check for me since I was logged in, and he never replied back (I waited 30 minutes after that). It was VERY odd. I then started another chat with another Amazon agent and she never asked me for my account information or whatever. Possible scam...?

[Magnus]

Originally Posted by thelittleyorkie

Completely unrelated to Verizon, but I was chatting with an Amazon agent online and I asked about the free Prime trial, and then for some reason he wanted to know my username and password. I asked why he needed it, couldn't he just see it in his system and check for me since I was logged in, and he never replied back (I waited 30 minutes after that). It was VERY odd. I then started another chat with another Amazon agent and she never asked me for my account information or whatever. Possible scam...?

Could be that he was new (trainee) and didn't know what he was doing. Depending on the company I call, and on the number of times I get transferred, I get different responses and different questions.

As for the scam... I just make it a point not to answer any calls that from a number I don't recognize. If they REALLY need to reach me, they'll leave me a vmail. If it's legit, I call them right back.

Oh, and with some telemarketers, they won't say anything until you say hello twice. Example would be that if phone rings, I answer and say "hello?" no response, then I say "hello?" again. That's when the telemarket comes on. I think it's their way of screening answering machines.

[TiffanyandTeddy]

Thank you for sharing!