The latest telephone scam. I’m not sure what their profit was to be, or how they would use information, but here is what happened to me. A call came in on my cell phone. The caller told me that someone (and gave a name) was trying to set up a separate account on my cell phone charges. What I needed to do was give her the security code from T-Mobile to prevent this. Presto, the code was sent by text to my phone. Do I give the code number to this voice? Note, keep in mind the voice was muffled, and I had trouble hearing everything she said. So, I said I would not send any info. I asked for her name. It was Marie Homhs. When I asked for her phone number, the line went dead. End of call. Conclusion? A scam - for sure. Probably, I would be authorizing a new account, and this scammer would be making possible thousands of calls on my account. It pays to be circumspect about giving information. To anyone. For anything. Online or by phone. ----------------
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