Scammed.
So... an unknown number has been calling me for the past couple days, sometimes I'll answer and sometimes I won't. When I do answer it sounds like breathing or someone driving, but then they hang up. Well today as Jeremy and I were walking out the door, my phone rings 'unknown number' shows up on my sidekick, I make him answer it and its a lady saying she needs to speak with me about a business matter. I grab the phone and she begins to tell me shes from TRS Recovery and that I bought something on Amazon Marketplace that didn't go through because my account number was wrong, she said it just needed to be verified. I thought "oh okay, yeah, I just bought all of my books from there for school.." I go to get my bank stuff and Jeremy's is really apprehensive about it so I tell the lady "I'm not comfortable giving you my bank account number over the phone..." and she says "Yes, I can understand in this day and age why you would be worried, but it's okay I'm from TRS Recovery." So I then give her my account number and she is like okay with "Nation Bank" and I said "No, Bank of America..." She said "Well, yeah, it used to be Nation Bank here in Texas." So she says a couple more things and then I get off the phone. Still being nervous about this I get off the phone and get online and type in TRS Recovery in google... I get all these pages saying how they scammed all of these people. I'm freaking out right about now so Jeremy and I call my bank and have them stop the "check" or whatever it was. I called my stepdad after and tell him what happened and he tells me to file a police report and to close out my account. Then we go to my bank and close my account out because WHO KNOWS what could happen. So now I have a new account and credit card and all of that, but seriously, I feel violated, my personal account number was taken right out of my hands by some lady. It actually really really hurt my feelings. =(
The only reason I thought it was legit was because, I did just switch banks and bought my books on my account from Suntrust before I closed that account... so it just seemed right. UGH.
I'm just glad everything is worked out.
The only reason I thought it was legit was because, I did just switch banks and bought my books on my account from Suntrust before I closed that account... so it just seemed right. UGH.
I'm just glad everything is worked out.