Posted on 05/28/2016 8:59:15 AM PDT by 4yearlurker
I recieved a complete your application form in the mail today for a Barclaycard Visa credit card. Never heard of them and never applied. They want a original utility bill with address to verify my address. The letter has no phone number,no Internet site,and no street address.Just a P.O. box in Delaware. Anybody ever hear of this company or had dealings with them?
It’s a bank in the UK. I’ve received offers for a card but declined to do so. It is strange however the lack of details: http://www.barclaycard.co.uk/personal
thirty years ago that SOP, I thought they passed a law against it.
Back then congress wasn’t bought and paid for.
Yes, it’s spelled C-A-V-E-A-T . E-M-P-T-O-R (”Let the buyer beware”).
“They want an original utility bill...”
SCAM ALERT!
If they are legit, they already have much of your info.
If you didn’t apply for it, you don’t need it. Locate your nearest shredder and send it to confetti heaven.
Barclays Bank is real. But, that does doesn’t mean the letter is legit.
Pre-approved applications are common, but I have never heard of a demand for a utility bill.
Barclays is a major bank, so from that standpoint they are legit.
Whether this offer is legit or not, I don’t know. I would call them and say you got some this, even though you have never applied for a card.
Other important phone numbers:
Credit card activation
1-877-408-8866
Fax number
1-866-823-8178
International (Call us collect)
1-302-255-8888
Caveat emptor: when in doubt DON’T.
Sounds like attempt at ID theft. Never heard of card asking for utility bill.
However, utility bills are often requested by state agencies that issue ID cards or driver’s licenses.
If it’s an offer to re-establish credit, asking for a utility bill might not be odd but I’d be wary of providing that much personal information. There should be a toll free number for questions or web address. If those are lacking, something is amiss.
I have three credit cards, one that I carry with me. For my business I have two credit cards since I do property management, one for that one and one for the corporation charges. I don’t want or need other credit cards. Throw it away.
Identity theft scam.
” Don’t think its somebody trying to open a card in my name because the card would be sent to my address.”
Not true.
If they have managed to get the wrong e-mail and/or phone number on the account, they can use that to gather enough info after the card has been issued to use it fraudulently.
Most credit card fraud is done electronically. The criminal doesn’t need to have the card in their hand, just the info on it.
Also, they may be sifting through your mail everyday before you get home from work looking for correspondence from the bank. You may have gotten lucky that you got to the mailbox before they did on they day this letter came.
A utility bill is all you need to qualify yourself of all the government freebies. Mexicans used to set a pole just across the boarder so they could get a utility bill with which they could get the "Crazy Money" from the suckers.
The bank is real. The application is NOT. This is a very old phishing scam.
Barclays has a thing going with Apple, if you’ve been shopping, or even window shopping, at apple.com, you might be getting tangled in their nets.
If you didn’t start an application call them and straighten it out. Ignoring them won’t tell you if your data has been compromised in some way — though it’s doubtful.
I get a lot of pre-approved credit card offers, all of which get shredded. None of them has ever asked for a utility bill. I agree with other posters that this sounds like a scam.
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