Neighbor to Neighbor:

Neighborhood Watch Alert:

Thieves are on the scam!

Have you gotten a telephone call with a recording telling you, “Credit Card Services is offering lower interest rates to credit card holders, all you have to do is dial 1 and a service representative will be with be with you shortly?”

After you dial 1, a service representative comes on the line, and you ask what company they represent, the reply is they are, “Credit Card Services and we work with over 500 credit card companies.”

As recent as February 22, 2012, we talked with the AT&T Annoyance Call Service Bureau and the Federal Communications Commission [“FCC]”. We found out this is the “work of thieves!” It is a ruse or scam to get your credit card information!

They have no intention of helping you! They are thieves!

We thought we were able to track the telephone number used by these unscrupulous felons. It turned out to be, what the FCC calls, a “spoof telephone number.” In other words, the number identified on your home or cell telephone is really not the actual number used to originate the call.

Bottom line; do not give out your credit card number, or social security number to anyone who calls you on the telephone. No, not for any reason!

Also, you can go on line and register with the “National Do Not Call Registry” to prevent most telemarketers from calling your telephone number. Just remember the unscrupulous person or thief will ignore the law!

mow/ 2/23/12