The
Better Business Bureau recently reported what appear to be fraudulent
calls seeking personal financial information.
Typically, the callers targeted women and claimed they were calling about "your husband's credit card" payments, which they claimed were overdue.
The caller would then ask the wife to verify her husband's Social Security number and, if successful, would go on to seek other confidential information, including credit card and bank account numbers.
If a caller requests this kind of information from you, you should immediately hang up. If you have already furnished such information to a caller, you should immediately notify local police and report the incident to local consumer agencies and ConsumerAffairs.Com.
