Subj : The weird scam call
To   : ARELOR
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Jul 17 2024 10:49:00

> Does anybody have the slightiest idea of what the goal was? My theory is that
> it was a recognizansse job to harvest data for future attacks.

Could be.  There used to be some funny scam here in the states where they'd
get you to call a number and then somehow make money from you simply calling
that number.  I never understood how that worked, since they wouldn't have
your account info, unless they were making the money via your phone bill,
with the phone company being the middle man in the transaction.

I just recently had someone falsely attempt to obtain a credit card in my
name.  The card company contacted me to make sure I applied for it.  I said
I had not so they cancelled it.  The odd thing is that the bad card came here
instead of going to the fraudster.

I pulled a copy of a credit report and can see that the application
apparently had my home address on it.  The difference is the phone number
is not mine and is from outside of my area.  I suspect they are trying to
get that phone number linked to my public record so that, in future, they
can use it to gain access to other information.

Mike


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