“Bosco!”
Half the takeout restaurants in NYC ask you for it. Most websites do.
A few years back I had my credit card company call me to look into a potential fraud abuse. I refused to give them any information as they had called me, and there was no way I could confirm who they were.
I asked them if called the 1-800 number on my card then how could I get to them to continue the discussion? They weren’t sure that would be possible.
They were flabbergasted that I would challenge them.
Eventually I was able to hang up, call the 1-800 on my card and get to an appropriate individual. It turns out that it was really my credit card company that was calling me, and yes there was a fraudulent charge.
Whatever.
You are limited to $50 liability for fraudulent charges against your card.
Be really afraid.
Give them a wrong number
People dumb enough to believe such a thing deserve to be "harvested"
I called them to inform them we/she never had a Verizon acct. and to stop sending us bills.
The woman from Verizon said she needed to verify who I was. She asked for the last four digits of my wife's SS#...I said you tell me yours and I'll tell you hers.
It took a couple of months and finally a complaint to the BBB before they stopped harassing us.
It didn't end until after I filed a complaint with the BBB. I finally heard from someone with a name and she was from the Executive Offices at Verizon.
I said in my complaint that I thought it was a business practice at Verizon to hound the victim of fraud until they paid because that would be easier than going after the crook.
“• Report the suspicious call to the FTC at ftc.gov/complaint or 877-FTC-HELP.”
Yeah, I’m sure that’ll do some good. LOL
One of many good arguments for continuing the use of hard currency.