A person who complies is likely to become the victim of fraud. Some scamsters are even equipped to manufacture their own credit cards, he said. They go out and buy for a day and run up thousands of dollars with the credit card.'' In another version, he said, the caller purports to represent a bank and says computer changes are forcing them to place accounts in a safe repository. The caller asks for a bank account number. Another telephone scam Fall learned about recently involves phony accidents.
People return home to find a message on their answering machine.
The caller leaves a number with an 809 area code. Fall had not heard of that scam occurring locally. The state Attorney General's office says seniors are often targets of telemarketing scams because they may be lonely, vulnerable and accessible.