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MA Atty General Issues Fraud Alert re: The Boston Globe
Posted on Feb 7, 2006 by Tom Fragala
As often happens, fraudsters are always quick to pick up on unfortunate events and take advantage of people. The other day I posted about the newspaper credit card debacle. Now the Massachusetts Attorney General has issed a fraud alert about a scam where people are being called with a phony offer to help them with credit card fraud. Here’s the alert:
It has come to our attention that consumers are receiving telephone calls from companies offering to assist them prevent credit card fraud. These companies, including one calling itself the “National Verification Office”, are asking consumers to provide the credit card or bank card information the consumer used to pay his or her Boston Globe or the Worcester Telegram & Gazette subscription. These companies are NOT AFFILIATED with the Boston Globe or the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
· DO NOT RESPOND to these requests for private financial information from anyone on the telephone regardless of the company name given to you. These requests are not coming from a legitimate business or government office.
· Neither the Boston Globe nor the Worcester Telegram & Gazette are asking their customers to provide them with confidential credit card or bank account information.
· An investigator with a law enforcement office is not asking -- and would not ask -- consumers to provide credit card or bank account information by telephone.
Consumers should not give personal financial information to someone claiming to be from a legitimate business, financial institution, or government agency who contacts you by phone or email. You should only give private financial information to businesses or government agencies when you have initiated the telephone call or other transaction.To learn more about what you can do to protect yourself, click on this link or please contact:
The Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General
www.ago.state.ma.us - Consumer Protection
One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108
617-727-2200
Consumer Hotline 617-727-8400
More from: The Boston Globe.
Filed under: Identity Theft, Scams
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