Scam Type
Bank/Credit Card Company Imposter Scam
Business Name Used
The Card Association
Date Reported
Oct 06, 2022
Victim Postal Code
99588
Total Dollars Lost
0
Scam Description
The scammer said they were from merchant card services, and noticed that we had never received a $450 credit from the government. Others had received it but we had not. I told them which card service we used and they said they’d call back after reviewing it. They called back a few days later and asked me to open my most recent merchant services statement (WorldPay) to tell them the total charges and fees. They also said we had been overcharged in fees for the past few months and were also owed that credit. To proceed in the process and receive the credit they said I had to send them my statement to their email address. This is where it sounded fishy to me. Why should I have to send them anything? They said I could black out the account number when I let them know I wasn’t comfortable sending them the statement without confirming their legitimacy. When I continued to push back they said “so you dont want your credit”? I called WorldPay and they agreed it sounded fishy and hadn’t heard of a federal credit. I’m not 100% sure this is a scam, but it felt fishy and I felt it at least needed to be looked into.
