250-352-9679

Unsolicited Call from Nelson BC

Cyberthieves step up phone scams
Fake Caller ID used to access bank accounts

That call you received on your mobile phone might not be from the company that popped up on your Caller ID. Cyberthieves are stepping up phone-calling scams that pilfer the accounts of consumers banking online. And many such calls are linked to Caller ID spoofing, which causes the recipient's phone to display a Caller ID number that appears to originate from a trusted party.

In the second half of 2011, Pindrop Security detected more than 1 million fraudulent calls, including 189,439 in December, a 52 percent surge from July, according to a report released last week.

"Mobile is a growth area," says Stan Stahl, president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), which works with financial institutions to stem online banking fraud.

Spoofers often lure a cellphone user into divulging account information via an automated call or text message that appears to come from the user's bank. Next, the crooks call the bank, spoofing the victim's phone number and correctly answering security questions to trick the bank employee into transferring cash or issuing credit cards for mailing addresses under the scammer's control.

Dell SecureWorks estimates small and midsize businesses in the U.S. and Europe lose as much $1 billion a year from online banking accounts. The financial services industry often does not reimburse such losses. "We'd expect business owners to be a bit more savvy and have more resources at their fingertips," says Carol Kaplan, spokeswoman for the American Bankers Association. "That doesn't mean we're not seriously concerned about the problems small businesses are having, and there continues to be huge gobs of investment into shoring up security."

Results of an ABA survey of 95 financial institutions, released exclusively to USA TODAY, show the number of commercial account takeovers by cybercrooks rose 260 percent in 2011 vs. 2009. However, the average loss per victimized company decreased 92 percent during the same period.

"Financial institutions are becoming more effective at stopping illicit transactions from being executed," says Doug Johnson, the ABA's vice president of risk management policy.

Consumers are getting hit, too, but if they report thefts, the banks often bear the loss. Losses from consumer accounts probably exceed "$1 billion a year," says SecureWorks' Dale Gonzalez.

Names, phone numbers and email addresses can be cheaply bought from hackers, such as the gang that swiped 24 million customer records from online shoe retailer Zappos earlier this year.

"We are continuing to see this rising trend," Pindrop CEO Vijay Balasubramaniyan says.

No message,a pain where I have no window!!!!

Phoned would  not leave a message or name on display.

voice recording said she was calling about credit card account as it relates to financial stimulus, take advantage of low credit card rates, press 1 to take advantage, last and final call ... yeah right!!!

Ai reçu message de ce numéro. Je ne sais quoi faire.

Pour ma part, il parle anglais et moi francais et quand je leur parle, il me racroche

Recorded message; stay on line & person comes on.  Lot of call-center noise in the background.  Mostly unintelligible, about reducing interest on Visa or MC.  "Can you tell me what credit card you have?"  I said, "You called me; don't you know?"  Said he wasn't from the bank, but from (unintelligible) to offer a lower interest rate on Visa or MC (he said this line about 5x during the conversation).  Strung him along for a while, asked about Amex or Discover card; he recited the same Visa/MC line; didn't I have one of those....?  ... put him on hold for a few minutes; he actually waited... Picked up again & said I didn't think we were interested.  He started in again; didn't I want a lower interest rate?, etc.  I hung up.
We have a telezapper, so these people are not using the predictive-dialer equipment that the telezapper works on :(
If this is a blatant steal-your-info scam, how come there are so many of them & not being caught, & how the heck could a 3rd party offer you a change in interest rate if they're not the company you got the card from anyway??  Not logical?
Bollocks.

Montreal 21 mai 2012 Received the pre-recorded call, stating it was my second and final warning about my credit card. Master Card. After a guy take the line speak in English,I ask if he speak in French...he ang up.
I contactMaster card they said to report this to
http:www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca
1 888 495 8501

reduce my credit card stimulus......press 1, recorded message. annoying voice.....not able to return call....scammers and they say it is my "last notice", so why do they keep calling....

monteregie may 23, i received the same call of CD montreal and when i say to speak to french person, he told me: is no french here, when i talking again, he hang up.

**SCAMMERS** 250 352 9679" called (Rural Quebec) offering to lower my credit card fees - scammer tried to get my credit card numbers, I told him to go f u c k himself.

**ARNAQUE** "250 352 9679" = criminel prétendant pouvoir baisser vos frais de carte de crédit. Ne leur donner surtout pas votre numéro de carte.

same scam about lower interest rates on credit card. So very annoying.

This is a fraud call to get your credit card number and PIN.
Do not give any of this out. If you do, within one 30 minutes you will se a very large charge on your credit card.  If you try to call 1-250-352-9679 you will get a message that your call cannot be completed. So they trick you by showing on you display screen a dummy number. It does not exist.

Same as others, recorded message "very important message about your (something) credit card account, this is your final notice as it relates to the financial stimulus". I've had this before from other numbers too.

Adding to my blocked list.

Report this to   http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.c ... ortfraud-f.html
Il n'est pas toujours facile de détecter les fraudes téléphoniques, qui prennent chaque jour de nouveaux visages.

Si vous soupçonnez être ciblé ou avez déjà fourni de l'argent, n'ayez crainte - vous n'êtes pas seul.

Si vous voulez signaler une fraude ou si vous avez besoin de plus amples renseignements, communiquez avec le Centre antifraude du Canada :

Sans frais : 1 888 495-8501
Télécopieur sans frais : 1 888 654-9426
Courriel : info@centreantifraude.ca

http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.c ... eportfraud.html
It's not always easy to spot a scam, and new ones are invented every day.

If you suspect that you may be a target of fraud, or if you have already sent funds, don't be embarrassed - you're not alone.

If you want to report a fraud, or if you need more information, contact The Canadian Anti- Fraud Centre:

Toll Free: 1-888-495-8501

Toll Free Fax: 1-888-654-9426
Email: info@antifraudcentre.ca

Montreal May 28 2012   number received 250 352 9679

First the recorded message comes on saying this is a final notice to lower your credit card interest rate,
I pressed one to speak to representative, they do not speak french.
They call asking how much of a balance we have on our credit card, and the limit, they try to get as Much information from you as possible. Although they never asked for the expiry date, or card number.. Strange.

I forgot to mention that the caller identified himself as North America Card services, only when asked who they were.

il me parle en anglais je ne comprends rien. S.V.P. en français pour que je puisse comprendre

Third time of getting this s**t. A voice recording, female voice "calling about your credit card account... relates to financial stimulus...take advantage of low credit card rates...press 1... last and final call"

More than tired of this. Now I'm really pissed. I'm going to call the antifraud centre.that C.D. was so kind as to provide (see below...)
www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca
1 888 495 8501