receiving phone calss from 1-617-259-1310 rECORDER TELLS THAT YOUR SSI benefits will be discountinued if you don't report your personnal info on the phone
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tj
Sounds like a phishing scam or fraudulent telemarketer.
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tj
Similar attempts to panic seniors into disclosing account information have been reported in connection with a string of "medical discount" scams connected to fraudulent telemarketers probably based in Montreal, Canada.
Patterns of telemarketing fraud, under various names, and over several years, include attempts to impersonate Social Security or Medicare employees calling to "verify" checking account information, callers threatening that benefits are about to be cut off, calls claiming to be "from your pharmacy", as well as attempts to sell some worthless "medical discount" plan with false claims they are affiliated with well-known major pharmacy chains.
There are also a number of complaints connected with this scam or scams that unauthorized charges were made to consumer accounts without even any prior contact or disclosure of account information.
Obviously, do not disclose personal identity or account information to unknown callers, or to any callers since no callers can be reliably identified regardless of what they say.
But also be aware that if you have been contacted by what sounds like this scam, they may already have illegally obtained your account information and are calling to try to record some response they can fraudulently claim was your "authorization" for their fradulently crammed charges.
Their fraudulent charges are generally in the $300 to $500 range.
Watch your bank and credit card statements closely for all unauthorized charges, and act quickly should you find one. Immediately contact your bank to dispute fraudulent charges, and block the card number or close the account due to fraud to prevent additional fraudulent charges. Follow up with a written dispute or fraud affidavit sent to your bank's dispute address to preserve your FRB Reg. E or FCBA dispute rights.
In case of fraudulent charges, file a fraud complaint with your local police, and file complaints with FTC, and your state Attorney General.
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Patterns of telemarketing fraud, under various names, and over several years, include attempts to impersonate Social Security or Medicare employees calling to "verify" checking account information, callers threatening that benefits are about to be cut off, calls claiming to be "from your pharmacy", as well as attempts to sell some worthless "medical discount" plan with false claims they are affiliated with well-known major pharmacy chains.
There are also a number of complaints connected with this scam or scams that unauthorized charges were made to consumer accounts without even any prior contact or disclosure of account information.
Obviously, do not disclose personal identity or account information to unknown callers, or to any callers since no callers can be reliably identified regardless of what they say.
But also be aware that if you have been contacted by what sounds like this scam, they may already have illegally obtained your account information and are calling to try to record some response they can fraudulently claim was your "authorization" for their fradulently crammed charges.
Their fraudulent charges are generally in the $300 to $500 range.
Watch your bank and credit card statements closely for all unauthorized charges, and act quickly should you find one. Immediately contact your bank to dispute fraudulent charges, and block the card number or close the account due to fraud to prevent additional fraudulent charges. Follow up with a written dispute or fraud affidavit sent to your bank's dispute address to preserve your FRB Reg. E or FCBA dispute rights.
In case of fraudulent charges, file a fraud complaint with your local police, and file complaints with FTC, and your state Attorney General.