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An Xfinity rep tried to get my bank account info
We had a lightning strike this evening that fried our modem. After much frustration with the automated assistant we finally reached a live person (who told me he was in India). I told him we just need a new modem. He said he would ship one but he needed my 'approval' before he could ship it. I told him of course i approved, that's the whole reason i was calling. He said no, he needed to send me a text with a link where i needed to go make the approval. I received the text and followed the link, which took me to a page asking me to set up my Xfinity payments and asked for my name, my checking account number and my routing number. Nowhere did it mention anything about approving the shipment. I told him this and he said I just needed to 'check all the boxes' and then click at the bottom of the page. I told him there was no way I would do that, so he said he'd text the link again. I followed the link and it went to the same page, asking for my bank account info. I told him this still wasn't right and asked what in the world is going on here. He said he'd set it up so I could just give a verbal approval (with no explanation of the suspicious links). I got fed up and hung up on him. When I went to take a screenshot of the suspicious page(s), they had already mysteriously 'expired' and were no longer available. What in the heck is going on. I'm so angry I can hardly see straight. We've been Comcast customers for 20+ years and I deserve to be treated better than this.
CCLysa
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3 years ago
Hi there @user_b035b2
Thank you so much for reaching out and sharing your experience with us. I hope everything else is okay from the lightning strike and the only thing damaged was the modem! We do want to be sure we help get you a new one ASAP so that you can continue to use your services.
I want to let you know that the text message approval is our process, and it does go into out the option to sign up for paperless and auto payments. However, you do have the option to proceed without doing either. Also, the link is only valid for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes it does expire.
Please know you have come to the right place, and we're happy to help through this platform to replace your modem. Please send me a Peer to Peer message so that I can gather some account details.
Here's the detailed steps to direct message us:
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• Click the “chat" icon (upper right corner of this page)
• Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon
• Type "Xfinity Support" in the to line and select "Xfinity Support" from the drop-down list
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