519-398-1988

scammers-credit card fraud
they say there was unauthorized use of card at 5am, bull
why dont they just quit and leve everyone aloene

7:45 am I get a voice mail message from Visa?? about a suspicious charge on my Visa  So I call back and ask this woman what her name is & what her phone # is & she hung up  Called her back and told her off with some choice four letter words! This scam is as old as the hills!

I've been chatting with these scammers this morning. They now call almost every morning, between 6 and 9 AM. (I answer long distance calls because I work freelance and because I have very ill family members.) Good old Sean, Sam and Eric. It seems the boiler rooms in India are up and running again.

This morning, the automated voice gave this phone number for call-back. So after instructing Sam to bend over and insert a pencil, when he called, I called this number back (from an untraceable phone) and asked Eric how Sam was doing with the pencil up his ... jacksie. Eric hung up on me.

And what fun -- the number is now out of service when I call it. Anybody able to reach it today?

A call to the supposed number the last call came in from, 647-903-3003 -- got dead air.

I will be finding out what provider in Canada owns 519-398-1988, because this is NOT a spoofed number: they answered when I called it. The provider is selling numbers to international criminals.

And make no mistake. These are not just annoyances. This is organized crime, making huge amounts of money. And our governments and telecoms DO NOTHING about it except repeat their stupid platitudes about not giving personal info to strangers.

"This is a verification call from credit card anti-fraud department. We have noticed an unusual charge  made from your credit card  today morning at 5 am. If you have not made the charge, press 1 immediately  to speak with your credit card security officer or call us at 519-398-1988. Thank you." Right, no need to name the card type or issuer.

Following on my previous message: this number is owned by Telus.
https://www.datacorelookup.com/Phone/519-398-1988

Evidently, the criminals blocked the number I called from first, because I was able to get a ring when I dialed from the phone on which I received the call. I then received another call from the criminals.

Please, anyone being victimized by these calls, follow the instructions here for demanding action from Telus:

https://www.telus.com/en/about/security/report-a-problem

Those instructions are for Telus customers, not for people being victimized by Telus customers, but I figure an email to abuse@telus.com will at least be read someday.

My email to Telus reads as follows:

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According to info online,

https://www.datacorelookup.com/Phone/

this number is owned by Telus.

Like many Canadians, I am receiving daily early-morning calls from the VISA scam boiler rooms in India.

This morning, the automated voice gave this number for call-backs, before I pressed 1 and spoke with Sam, who eventually hung up on me.

I called this number back. I asked "Eric" how "Sam" was doing, with the writing implement that I had instructed him to insert in his rectum, because I was quite concerned for his comfort. I was eventually hung up on, of course.

I see from reporting online that others have succeeded in reaching the scammers by dialing this number.

When I redial the number now from the phone I used for that call, I am informed that it is no longer service.

When I redial from the phone on which I received the call, it rings. Evidently, the scammers blocked my other number after our conversation.

Other calls this morning were recorded as coming from other numbers.

Because I work freelance and because I have very ill family members in other area codes, I cannot allow long-distance calls, even from unknown numbers, to go unanswered.

To make this quite plain: My call was answered when I dialed this number, so it IS NOT a spoofed number. It is a Telus-owned number being used by organized criminals to commit crimes against Canadians.

Because of my responses to these calls, I am receiving calls this morning from these criminals at the rate of about once every five minutes.

I require a response stating exactly what Telus is doing to stop this criminal use of its telephone services.

Thank you.

Nov 12....also got same call in vancouver, bc this morning. .charge to card also made at 5.00 am! Did not return their call but checked here. Thank you for posting this scam call.

Well done Bushwah!  I can't tell you how sick I am of these criminals.  I will complain to Telus.  I am not a customer of theirs.  The gov was supposed to be stopping this & it was quiet for a while .......now it's every day again & 6 AM.
Cheers

Same as others reported above about a 5am vIsa charge

Recorded voice. Claim about a suspicious Visa charge on "this day morning at 5:00 a.m." Same number, same gumpf.

First of all, thank you for those information. I've got exactly the same message this morning (18th Nov.). I live in Metro Vancouver area. I just ignore the phone and check the phone #, then found this site. Thanks again