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Old 04-28-2021, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by davem4616 View Post
received a phone call today from a very believable and articulate American sounding male voice saying that Amazon security is alerting me to a questionable charge against the credit card I use on my Amazon account to the tune of $1,499.50.

And that if this wasn't anything I had authorized I should press 1 now for more information or press 2 to dispute

so I figured I'd play along and pressed 1

sure enough someone with a heavy accent came on the line asking a series of questions all designed to get me to say the word "Yes"

after a few questions I told her that my toast had just popped up and I needed to go butter them.....

be careful, they're out there and they're getting slicker and more devious every day
Just got that same phone message to cell phone in NY yesterday