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Xfinity Target Promotion Scam
I encountered a sophisticated scam where individuals impersonating Xfinity representatives contacted me. Alarmingly, they bypassed standard two-factor authentication and instead verbally confirmed my identity using readily available personal information, including my address, phone number, Xfinity account number, and current account balance. They also possessed details about specific promotions on my account, including the discount amount and expiration date. The scammers attempted to lure me into a fraudulent scheme involving a purported partnership between Xfinity and Target, offering a 50% discount on internet service if I prepaid for a year using a Target gift card. When I declined, they followed up the next day with threats of account penalties.
Unfortunately, after communicating with the scammers, I did receive a text from official 615-91 (Xfinity), which asks me to provide feedback from 0 to 10. Does it mean scammers have access to Xfinity systems?
Scammers contacted me from: [Edited: "Possible scam numbers"]
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XfinityRaf
Official Employee
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751 Messages
1 month ago
Good afternoon @ninjanitz. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. When you have a moment, please head over to https://internetsecurity.xfinity.com/help/report-abuse and report it to our security team. You will also find ways to contact them if you would like to discuss things further. Please let us know how it goes.
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user_ak0hhh
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4 days ago
They also use the following number [Edited: "Possible scam numbers"] for internet deal and 1 [Edited: "Possible scam numbers"] for billing.
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rayrox222
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2 days ago
Same!!! Very elaborate scam they've got going. The biggest red flag was requiring payment with a Target debit card, and the threat I received when I called them out for not warning me payment had to be specifically made by this means I was told not agreeing to this 50% off offer for 5 years would result in a $300 penalty fee. Well I called [Edited: "Language"] on that and hung up. They never got billing information and referred me to [Edited: "Possible scam numbers"] to handle billing which I of course will not do. They do a great job impersonating Xfinity and it's a pretty compelling scam as far as scams go.
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