Chesand
14th September 2015, 01:16 PM
Others may have heard of this scam but I will post it anyway.
I have just had a phone call purporting to be from Commonwealth Bank stating that a transaction for $900 in South Africa had been put on my credit card and did I want it to go through or be reversed. The caller knew my name and address. I told her that I had not made such a transaction whereupon she said that to reverse it she needed to confirm certain details. I asked for her phone number so that I could ring her back. The phone immediately went dead.
I phoned the bank to inform them and asked that a note be put on my file for reference. The lady there confirmed that it was a scam that had been doing the rounds.
I have just had a phone call purporting to be from Commonwealth Bank stating that a transaction for $900 in South Africa had been put on my credit card and did I want it to go through or be reversed. The caller knew my name and address. I told her that I had not made such a transaction whereupon she said that to reverse it she needed to confirm certain details. I asked for her phone number so that I could ring her back. The phone immediately went dead.
I phoned the bank to inform them and asked that a note be put on my file for reference. The lady there confirmed that it was a scam that had been doing the rounds.