Verizon and New York State Consumer Protection Board Warn of New Scam Designed
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NEW YORK - Verizon and the New York State Consumer Protection Board National today a warning about the latest Scam tour designed to encourage consumers to give out personal information such as social security numbers and telephone numbers of the telephone card. In addition, in New York, Verizon has received complaints relating to the scam across the country. In the scam, the artist draws with a consumer and identifies himself as a civil servant with a “Do Not Call” of the registration, a weapon highly effective and can be used to protect consumers from unwanted telemarketing Ting. Given that the appeal Scam deployed, poor officially recorded, “he says need to ensure that consumers do not want, marketing telephone calls, but he needs some personal information, to ensure what it is discussing with the right person. He then asked for personal information, as consumers in social security, phone number or phone card. “This is a new fold to a decades old scam where criminals try to convince consumers that they need it, the official information, to help,” said Dave Fisher, Verizon, director in the fight against fraud. “The new variant is that, instead of asserting, for example, that Verizon have a staff member who needs information, in order to convince consumers of their telephone services, new artists the benefits of popularity growing Do-not-call - Registraires and say they need information to enable consumers to avoid telephone marketing calls. ” Consumers should be aware that if they are in a state or national companies not to call the list, it is not necessary to confirm personal information as non-governmental organizations or others who have been need to examine, at the request of consumers on Fisher. Once registered consumers, marketing telecommunications are needed to avoid these require. “Scams, called” social engineering “if someone’s life in the end to convince the victims of a naive someone. Once someone gets criminals personal information, which can use them for a variety of purposes, including, television interviews or Voire identity theft, “said Fisher. “I appeal to consumers not to give all this information on the phone to someone they do not know. If someone you do not know, ask this type of information, to challenge , request a callback number to verify who they are, or just block. “The Consumer Protection Board never a demand from consumers - or a tax - to Governor Pataki’s Do Not Call Registry telecommunications, marketing,” said May Chao, president and CEO of the New York State Consumer Protection Board. “In addition, the government should not be someone to call to confirm the registration of non-Call Registry. When you receive a call, as it is fraud and you need to this report from the New York State Consumer Protection Board. “The office number in use free call for reporting of fraud is 1-800 -697-1220. “Non-Telemarketing Call Registry is a free service of New York residents. And no official of the State is to call you to register, please confirm your registration or ask for personal financial information, “says Chao. The New Yorkers can register for the “Do Not Call” tele-marketing base register our free 1-866-622-5569 or via the Internet at registration or in writing to http://www. consumer.state.ny.us / From the “Do Not Call” tele-marketing in the Register, PO Box 2078, Albany, NY 12220-0078. New York’s Do Not Call Registry is the largest state to the list of the country. In addition to maintaining their own do-not-call-recording, Verizon offers two services that can help consumers avoid Telemarketing calls for: very Caller ID and a relatively new product, known as the interception of calls. Call intercepting calls automatically fields of visitors, their numbers or block their Caller ID numbers appear on a screen as “out of area” or “unavailable”. A replay of the appeal to say his or her name and business, and the message is for the consumer who decides to accept the call. Interception of Appeal has proved very effective in combating the adverse Telemarketing. The availability of these and other products varies from state and the Commonwealth, consumers should familiarize themselves with their local Verizon business - Verizon on their phone bill - to determine what products are available in their region. Verizon Communications is one of the world’s biggest suppliers of communications services. Verizon, the companies are the largest providers of communications wireline and wireless in the United States, with 133.8 million equivalent of cable and about 29.6 million wireless customers. Verizon is also the largest directory publisher in the world. With more than $ 67 billion in revenues and nearly 248000 employees, the global presence of Verizon, spans more than 40 countries in North America and South America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific. For more information about Verizon visit http://www.verizon.com. |