OOH The SCAM! We were JUST talking about this!!!!

Good for you! You were alert and didn't give out your checking account info for credit card verification. If they have to verify something, they can contact other companies you have the card with and know about you. It is dangerous that such companies are using shady tricks and get access to people's accounts.

Good job, Creditor S. That is scary, Trenity, that they use those dirty tricks to get your info. Is there somewhere to report them when you get these kinds of phone calls?

What is so sad is that they hit the elderly with this scam and take them for an ugly ride.

Creditor Schmedator - SO COOL! You are well on your way to beating these scammers at their own game - turning the tables on them throws them into confusion every time! Great job!

SueBee- that's what I do- confuse them :lol: I just start asking a billion questions, some of them don't make sense, and I told one lady, if you'll give me your private info, and it checks out-'I'll give you mine-she hung up!!...Karen

Here's one, tell them you are busy and if they give you their home number you will be sure to call them back at dinner time.

I had the same thing happen to me about a month or so ago. A foreign lady called me saying they were getting ready to ship my prescriptions that I had ordered and they needed to verify that the info they had about my account was correct. I kept telling her that I don't order prescriptions through the mail, and she just kept telling me, "we have your order right here, processed and ready to go." So I asked her "who do I bank with?" Needless to say, she couldn't answer me and just hung up.

Just to throw them off and mess with them you should have said "What? NOWAY! I always buy my crack in person man!"