Countrywide Triple Advantage scam.
Sep. 12th, 2008 11:24 amImagine you own a small grocery store and there was a kid you used to pay to sweep the sidewalks out front of your store...
One day his dad walks in, a shady character in a shiny suit, who hands you your wallet and tells you that his kid stole your wallet and he's real sorry but the kid or some of his bad friends might try and use your checking account and credit cards.
"But I gotta deal for youse," he continues. "I'm gonna watch your accounts for ya for 2 years, absolutely free. All you gotta do is give me your credit card info."
...
You'd call the cops, right?
Amusingly, or not so amusingly, my mortgage company just tried to run the same scam on me.
www.abc2news.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=62977609-ada1-44cd-8972-c637dae2b25d
www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/371/RipOff0371129.htm
Funny how when it's government or big business doing it, it's legal.
Ah well. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. I don't take kindly to scare tactics, Guido.
One day his dad walks in, a shady character in a shiny suit, who hands you your wallet and tells you that his kid stole your wallet and he's real sorry but the kid or some of his bad friends might try and use your checking account and credit cards.
"But I gotta deal for youse," he continues. "I'm gonna watch your accounts for ya for 2 years, absolutely free. All you gotta do is give me your credit card info."
...
You'd call the cops, right?
Amusingly, or not so amusingly, my mortgage company just tried to run the same scam on me.
www.abc2news.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=62977609-ada1-44cd-8972-c637dae2b25d
www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/371/RipOff0371129.htm
Funny how when it's government or big business doing it, it's legal.
Ah well. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. I don't take kindly to scare tactics, Guido.