FW: Boston Globe Credit Card phishing scheme

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

https://bostonglobe.com/subscriber/custsrvc/phishing.asp

It has come to our attention that consumers are receiving telephone calls
from companies offering to assist them prevent credit card fraud.  These
companies, including one calling itself the "National Verification Office",
are asking consumers to provide the credit card or bank card information the
consumer used to pay his or her Boston Globe or the Worcester Telegram &
Gazette subscription.  These companies are NOT AFFILIATED with the Boston
Globe or the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

DO NOT RESPOND to these requests for private financial information from
anyone on the telephone regardless of the company name given to you.  These
requests are not coming from a legitimate business or government office.

Neither the Boston Globe nor the Worcester Telegram & Gazette are asking
their customers to provide them with confidential credit card or bank
account information.

An investigator with a law enforcement office is not asking -- and would not
ask -- consumers to provide credit card or bank account information by
telephone.

Consumers should not give personal financial information to someone claiming
to be from a legitimate business, financial institution, or 
government agency who contacts you by phone or email.   You should 
only give private financial information to businesses or government agencies
when you have initiated the telephone call or other transaction.

To learn more about what you can do to protect yourself, click on the
link: http://www.ago.state.ma.us/sp.cfm?pageid=986&id=1602 or please contact
the following agencies:

The Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General http://www.ago.state.ma.us
- Consumer Protection One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108 617-727-2200
Consumer Hotline 617-727-8400

Federal Trade Commission for the Consumer http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/
1-877-438-4338
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