[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by shcisamax

Similarly, I have found that our amex bill has charges for "legal forms" or other purchases that repeat monthly but are a low $4.95 or $9.95 which they figure no one will catch. It is tedious to have to continually check to see if we have any bogus charges but it is really prudent to do so. There are just so many scammers looking for business.

I just told my husband to check his charge card account as he's been receiving magazines he never ordered; could also be a scam.

I have had American Express and VISA call me twice in the recent past few years, both about very minute tiny charges (as you mention above) which they deemed to be suspicious. I never heard of the companies they mentioned over the phone.........so they cancelled the number and instantly gave me a new number/the new card was Fedexed to me overnight. Scary but they are "out there"....the scammers.

Of course, I was suspicious that the person/s calling me (saying they were from American Express and VISA) were not really who they said they were, but in the end I had to trust them and they were indeed legit.

But, I'm not fond of having new card numbers when I had memorized my old numbers.

[shcisamax]

When we first moved here, our Visa card had been compromised. Thankfully that isn't the one I have memorized Whenever I have had a call from a cc company, I always say I will call you back so I can call AMX/Visa and check or I ask them to give me the info that they are always asking for when I call.
Normally, the cc companies catch the fraudulent charges but with the "legal forms" there was a repeat for over seven months and I caught it because I finally asked my husband..grrr. They can be sneaky.

[looneycat]

my greatest joy is that our landline is only for our fax machine, all of those annoying calls are met with an annoying fax tone!

[Shadowgirl]

I constantly am gettng telephone calls from a man with an accent who uses many different storys, but the plot is always the same. Seems I have money waiting at the UPS Post Office, Fed Ex office, etc, and he is manager who will send someone out to my house with the money, but first I must give him a credit card number...How stupid can they think we are??? I'm getting so tired of these repeated calls.. The scam bunch must not keep very good records. I've tried hanging up on them, pretending i'm recording them on advice of the sheriff's office (to which this "manager" replied F*** you and hung Up.) I thought this had solved the problem, but suddenly i'm getting the calls again. Today i told him the person he was calling had died. He hung up without a word of condolence. Imagine that!