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Very similar story. Recieved a call from 602-513-8500 asking for my mother, who has been deceased for some time. Any call to cell phone asking for her is an automatic scam, based on previous experiences she had with fraudulent telemarketers and advance-fee fraud operators.

The pitch started out claiming that they are with Visa/Mastercard/Amex/Discover, that a rep in "my" area just retired and that there is now a slot open. They ask if the victim is interested in making money from home

These people are promising their victims a guaranteed monthly income of $5,000 for 6 months, plus 50% of the processing fees after 30 days. They claim to be able to reduce merchants' credit card fees to 1.5% down from 7%, and the victim would get 50% of that.

Then they cut to the chase and say that the merchant license is $995.00, of which they will pay $500.00 (which the victim never needs pay back) and the remaining $495.00 is deducted from the first commission check. However, at that point they begin pushing for the victim's credit card number. At this point I terminated the call.

They provided a toll-free number of 866-311-0703, which is answered by "VC Merchant Services."

This is a very smooth scam, please warn your loved ones about it and teach them *never* to give credit card or banking info to someone that calls them out of the blue.

Received several calls concerning my computer service provider. Asked which one they said Microsoft.  They wanted me to give them info as they said they had received several reports concerning my computer. When pressed he said his name wasJack Wilson yet he sounded middle eastern number to call back was 800-102-1100 yet display on phone is 602-513-4306.