No, not that little old granny.
BE WARNED…
Artificial Intelligence is being used and they are getting more and more sophisticated.
Don’t get taken by these new age scammers.
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I just received two letters from AMERICAN EXPRESS. One is definitely a SCAM. The other may be also, but it has some accurate financial numbers in it which frightens the hell out of me.
- The first letter said it confirmed the setting up of my automatic payment enrollment. IT CONTAINS ACCURATE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION INFORMATION which I do not remember ever giving to any unauthorized sources, to the best of my recollection.
- The second letter said my request for cancellation of the auto payment was confirmed. (I never asked for any such cancellation as I feel automatic payments are a beneficial feature. Now, I am no longer as sure. You could be better off dealing with credit cards manually each month.)
What is bothersome is the authentic look of the letters. They both look like previous AMEX correspondence. But one is FRAUDULENT, a scam as confirmed by AMEX. The other has authentic numbers from my financial institution. This is very bothersome.
I have reported this at length to American Express, and they are dealing with it. They told me they would dig deeper into the information and get back to me, eventually.
[ This should in no way be taken as a criticism of AMEX as it is a credit card company that has given me excellent and very dependable service over the many years I have had their card.]
This story is ongoing.
