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By Vanessa White, Independent Newspapers
Citizens beware: Sunland Village East residents have reported several cases of phone solicitations following two standard formats.
In the first, reported to SVE manager Marge May, the caller poses as the security and fraud department at a major credit card company.
“They give you a name, badge number and phone number to call back,” Ms. May said. “The important part is they ask you to verify that you are in possession of your card by reading them the four numbers on the back of the card. Don’t do this! These are the numbers they need to make purchases on the phone or Internet.”
Ms. May noted credit card companies do not need these numbers because they issued the card, so they already have all of the information.
The second case involved real estate. The information was given to Ms. May by Bill Barker of Realty Executives, after one of his SVE clients reported it to him.
“A man is calling female residents who have property for sale. He calls around 7:30 p.m. and asks if he can preview within five minutes,” Mr. Barker said. “He says he has investors who will buy the property if it is the right type.”
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By Vanessa White, Independent Newspapers
Citizens beware: Sunland Village East residents have reported several cases of phone solicitations following two standard formats.
In the first, reported to SVE manager Marge May, the caller poses as the security and fraud department at a major credit card company.
“They give you a name, badge number and phone number to call back,” Ms. May said. “The important part is they ask you to verify that you are in possession of your card by reading them the four numbers on the back of the card. Don’t do this! These are the numbers they need to make purchases on the phone or Internet.”
Ms. May noted credit card companies do not need these numbers because they issued the card, so they already have all of the information.
The second case involved real estate. The information was given to Ms. May by Bill Barker of Realty Executives, after one of his SVE clients reported it to him.
“A man is calling female residents who have property for sale. He calls around 7:30 p.m. and asks if he can preview within five minutes,” Mr. Barker said. “He says he has investors who will buy the property if it is the right type.”
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