Clever Scam Calls Claim to be Citibank

By an edhat reader

I received a call from Citibank Fraud Department saying that someone was trying to buy an airline ticket under my name in Seattle. She read off my address (where I haven’t lived for two years) and then asked me for my credit card # and my security word.

I became very skeptical since she had an old address. I then asked her for the last four digits of the credit card she was referring too and there was a long silence. She came back and said she needed the full credit card number.

I said again, what are the last four digits of the credit card you are referring to? There was a slight pause and then she hung up.

This is very clever scam and sounded completely legitimate. I just want to let people know never to give out your credit card or security word no legitimate it sounds. Hang up and call the credit card number immediately. It’d be even better to use a free people look up tool to verify all unknown callers so that you can stay safe from such scams.