I think I just ran into a new scam, and stayed out of it. I got a phone call which said something like, “You are eligible for a reduced interest rate on your Visa or Mastercard. To speak to a representative about this reduced rate, please press 1 now; to be removed from this list, please press 2 now.”<\/p>\n
Of course I pressed 1. After a moment, a man came on the line and started reading his blurb, “Because of your steady payment on your Visa or Mastercard, you are eligible for a reduced rate. Are you interested in …”<\/p>\n
I interrupted him and said, “Which creditor are you calling about?”<\/p>\n
“Excuse me? This is for your Visa or Mastercard…”<\/p>\n
“Which card?”<\/p>\n
“<silence>”<\/p>\n
“Sir?”<\/p>\n
“<click>”<\/p>\n
I could be wrong, but it sounds like they were expecting someone to be so excited about getting a reduced interest rate on their credit card that they would give out all their information before asking which credit card they were calling about. Sorry, wrong number.<\/p>\n
Hugs,
Me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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