A reader shares his experience with a phone scam that he says others should be aware of.
He has had three calls since Oct. 21 from "long distance,” as indicated on call display.
Normally these types of calls will display "long distance" then flash to the phone number that is calling. In this case, it was locked on "long distance" with no option to block the call.
A call from "long distance" occurred on Oct. 21 at 7:21 a.m., Oct 24. at 8:59 a.m. and Oct. 25 at 8:35 a.m.
“I decided to answer the call this morning to satisfy my curiosity,” he wrote in an email Tuesday.
He said the caller, with a heavy accent, asked if this was Mr. Bryan (which is his first name) and said it was Visa calling
The caller said there was a $1,400 transaction from the intended victim’s Visa account that appeared to be fraudulent.
“He read to me the last four digits of my credit card (which were correct) and asked for the rest of the card number to verify my identity (which I did not divulge).
“Instead, I asked him for his employee number and he impolitely hung up on me.”
Maybe "long distance" will stop calling.
The call was reported to Visa. They were most interested in the information for statistics and focusing on locations that are being targeted.
