888-762-3896

888-762-3896 calls Oct. 6, 2016. DirecTV/Amazon scams and found this scam had been going on since February 2016. Said it was a promotion with DirecTV and Amazon.  Promotion offering reduced monthly rates on DirecTV bill and get premium channels, and NFL Sundays for 2 years. Amazon Gift Card promised if paid 5 months up front with an Amazon gift card within in 24 hours -would receive a $100 Visa gift card as well. DirecTV / AT&T has not notified their customers of this scam. Other numbers used with this SCAM are billing department for Direct TV 888-407-3735; billing dept number 888-407-8781 and the DirecTV spoofed number Sept 20th was from 800-531-5000.

The Dish/Direct TV scam has been going on for a few years.  This is simply a variation of it, probably to throw people off since the other one is getting more well known.

Thanks for the info BigA. Other numbers used for this SCAM are: 888-789-8125 x1; 888-776-8169; 844-405-4868; 888-488-7706 x1029 gave the name Daniel from the Philippians; directed to call 888-394-2696 and 888-762-3896.

AT&T outsourced a lot of its "customer support" to India and Phillipine call centers several years ago.
It would be easy for criminals to get the information they need to run their scams.