Another scam has surfaced in the area that may tempt those unwary of telephone offerings too good to be true.
South Cariboo resident Eleanor Simpson says she got a call on May 30 from someone claiming to be from MasterCard, who knew her name.
Simpson says he said: “Because you pay your bill off so well, we want to offer you five per cent interest for life on your credit card’.”
Simpson adds she didn’t trust the offer, so asked the male caller, who had what sounded to her like an ‘East Indian’ accent on a poor, overseas connection, to send her the details in the mail.
When the fraudster didn’t respond to her request and continued to repeat the same mantra, she got suspicious and hung up.
She then called both companies that host her two retail-store MasterCards, and both told her they did not have any such telephone offer.
If you are the target of a suspicious call, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre recommends you get a callback number, hang up and notify them online at www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca or call toll-free at 1-888-495-8501.
