This morning i received a call from a guy.. a very professional speaking guy from MBF Bank. He asked me if i call them yesterday to increase creditcard credit limit. I was "Ar? I never had anything with MBF, what credit card?? What credit limit??". Then he repeat my fullname, IC number and contact number, and all at correct info! Then he told me someone must have use my name to apply credit card (of coz in my mind i was thinking which idiot got my photostat IC to apply card?? How daring !!). This "MBF Guy" told me to jot down the card details (number, expiry date, type of card, date of application, branch applied, outstanding balance (>RM9K), credit limit, the last transaction venue and date) so that I can report this to Bank Negara "PUSAT PENGURUSAN KAD PALSU" at 03-2782 6916.
Of course, without knowing it is scam.. i called the number given, but that guy behind (also very professional) told me that he need to on his voice recorder to record this case. So , he will call back. After waited for 15mins, he didn't call. So i called him back asking why he didn't call. Then he told me.. "OkOk.. i call now.. " I started to feel a bit skeptical about this guy.. usually such service line, voice recorder should have already been activated automatically.. then how can BANK NEGARA ding ding dong dong on such fraud report? Surely they should have call me immediately right ? So, i told my MSN friend about it. She said "TIPU wan la!! Don't give anything to him.. " So, i quickly google Bank Negara and MBF website.. YES!! Indeed got such scam!! OMG , i almost got conned.. luckily didn't leak out any info to those idiots..
Hehe.. that "BANK NEGARA" con man did call back.. i wanted to know how he wanna continue his strategy.. he repeated my name, then he pressed few buttons to activate the voice recorder.. then ask me to repeat my name, my ic number.. then i hang up.. he never call me back after that!! Lousy !!
For those who don't know about this.. please be informed.. and also inform your elders who are having credit cards on this scam to never reveal any security info to anyone or corporations over the phone. They might not be as canggih as us who can google immediately for such issue.. and they will be extreme panic knowing someone is trying to steal from their tabung haji which they susah-payah save through out their living.
BE WARE!!
3 comments:
ooh yeah, i've heard of such scam b4. luckily u were not conned! my mom got this kind of call long time ago, and after kena questioned a bit, felt suspicious then my mom hang up the phone.
Thanks for sharing the info. We should be always alert when people ask for our personal details!
ha ! my BIL kena.. he follow all the instructions and tranfer RM5k to them. It was only after transferring the money, he felt 'strange' and realise kena conned ! too late jor !
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