Both Mrs. Wallyhood and I have received a robo-call this past week from “JP Morgan Chase” informing us that our American Express card has been suspended because it is believed to be stolen. This would be more disturbing if either of us had an American Express card from JP Morgan Chase, which we do not.
Following the prompts out of curiousity, the computerized caller requested that I enter my 16 digit American Express card number “to confirm my identity”. Huh, how about you confirm YOUR identity, robo-caller.
Anyway, since we both got the call in the past week, I imagine they’re making their way through the 206 area code. Don’t fall for it.
I also got this call! We have a Chase card, but I knew they didn’t have my cell phone number, so I guessed it was a scam. Called credit card myself to comfirm.
I should state that this happened 4-5 days ago.
I got this too and they called me in the middle of the night.
Me too…the giveaway was the caller ID number that flashed up: 0000000000!
got it also around 2am.
The dead giveaway here? American Express cards aren’t issued by banks. American Express is basically its own bank, carrying the loans on its books. Visa and Mastercards are issued by banks. Visa and Mastercard don’t lend the money, just provide the clearing service.
I got this call too around 8 AM several times in the past two weeks. If there is a potential problem with your account Amex has a real person call you not from an “out of area” number. Thanks for spreading the word, Wallyhood.
I should mention that in my case they were calling about “my” JPMorgan Chase MasterCard.
Mine was also for a MC and not Amex
I got the same call as Michael H. about two weeks ago at midnight.
Mine was a mastercard call as well BUT American Express did/does partner with HSBC. HSBC owns the account.
I got the same call a few days ago — on my cell phone actually which seemed really odd. I don’t have a Chase card so figured it was a scam. Same caller ID as Gary (4.) 000000000.
I got this too – saying my JP Morgan Chase Mastercard had been blocked, and that I needed to enter my number to unblock. I don’t have one of those cards, so I just hung up.
My husband and I both got that call one day apart last week.
Here’s a description of what happens when you put in a credit card number:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2013/01/22/10387022.aspx
I haven’t gotten that one, but several other robo calls. One asking me if I wanted carpet cleaning comes every few days. Last time I lost patience.
I have asked comcast how to block these. Their solutions have not worked and I read that this type of robocalling is enormous and hard to block.
Any other experience in stopping it?
My husband got a call like this about his MasterCard about 4-5 days ago during normal business hours. good thing we don’t have a MC with Chase (though we do have a Visa!). He assumed it was fishing.
I use Google Voice, and I typically don’t answer phone calls from phone numbers I don’t recognize. With Google Voice, it is easy to block callers. They’ll get a message similar to “this number is not in service” and you won’t even know they called.
These cretins are low enough to also make the same call but reference that your Social Security check will not clear w/o verification; preying on the elderly and poor.
Or from Cardmember Services offering you a lower interest rate, presumably for some info. I never find out, but sometimes leave the phone off hook, hoping to tie up their line. I am so naive.
Another scam is an e-mail informing you that your Do Not Call options have expired. You must call the given number from your phone.