Earlier tonight I had dropped my wife to run in somewhere and I was just going to sit in the car and wait for her. My cell phone rang and a gentleman with a very heavy Indian or Pakistani accent asked for me by name. The caller ID showed as unknown number so I was already on guard but since I had a few minutes I thought I would toy with him a bit...
I told him that was me and asked what could I do for him...
He said he was calling to congratulate me...
That I had won a free $300 gift card from Walmart...
I told him how great that sounded but I was a little curious just how I had managed to win this card since I didn't remember entering any contests or drawings recently...
He told me that it was drawing from Walmart for everyone who had made a purchase with a credit card... so, I knew at this point it had to be a scam of some kind because...
1. I don't shop at Walmart (actually I was in one in Florida about 7 or 8 years ago, but I didn't figure they were going back that far)...
2. I just don't use a credit card to buy things, much less at Walmart...
About this time I saw my wife heading for the car so I told the caller I didn't shop at Walmart and he was more than welcome to have my card...
and he asked me if I was sure I didn't shop at Walmart... told him I was absolutely sure... he said he needed to get his supervisor so when he put me on hold I hung up on him...
and I'll be darned if his supervisor didn't call back in a few minutes...
A guy with an even heavier accent... he asked if I was sure I didn't shop at Walmart because they had this $300 gift card with my name on it (remember, he knew my name and he was calling on my cell phone which is not a number that most people would know to associate with my name)...
I informed him his gig was up because I never charged anything at Walmart on my credit card and that he was calling on my cell phone and that I would appreciate it if he didn't call me back on my cell phone... and I hung up again... and he hasn't called back again...
When I got home I did a little Googling and found this site reporting similar scam calls...
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/free-walmart-gift-card-grocery-card-amp-gas-card-c60360.htmlHad I bit he would have asked me for the "customer number" on the front of my credit card just to verify that was me.... and also that they would be charging my credit card a small shipping and handling fee...
If these people would work as hard at something legitimate as they do trying to scam people they would probably be rich

anybody else received one of these calls lately
