Two days ago, I received an email that had a whole bunch of authentic information and said that they were going to charge my credit card for $498.50 to renew my annual membership at Best Buy.
That was way too much, but I have had Best Buy’s guarantee
program that will fix my computers, so that much was ok.
They wanted me to call a number, which I did. I had trouble understanding
the person who answered due to thick accent, but they finally said they thought
it was an error and that they would transfer me to Best Buy. The person who answered
at “Best Buy” sounded like—accent and background noise—like they were three desks
down from the first person.
The key request was when they wanted to have me take the
steps so they could “see” my computer. No, No, a thousand times No.
I hung up, never found out what the next step was going to
be. Called Best Buy’s authentic number and was told that the fee was about $100
and it was not set to expire until August.
How did they get my email and connection with Best Buy?
Simply firing out millions of automated emails? Why don’t we have these people trying
to perform legitimate work?
BEWARE the scam that indicates that they are trying to
correct a problem or transfer you to Amazon or Best Buy, etc. They have busted
some of the call centers in India, but not all.
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