My husband received a call on his cell phone from a magazine company. I do not know how they got his number and he has never received a telemarketing call before. My husband works hard, but he does not deal with finances or know much about obvious scams. The telemarketer talked him into "buying" so many magazine subscriptions and he was supposed to get some gift card or shopping spree. He gave the guy his debit card number and when the guy was going over what he was getting into, he changed his mind.
He told the guy to cancel the order and he kept pressuring him to buy the magazines anyway. My husband has a short temper and simply hung up on him. The telemarketer kept trying to call him back throughout that day and my husband never answered. When my husband told me what had happened, I (first and foremost) told him that was stupid and to NEVER give out personal information over the phone no matter what they offer him.
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