There is some 'agency' which is trying to take advantage of us seniors with the fond hope of cashing in on our memory lapses or naivety or requirement of additional funds.On May 3 I got a call from a person who said his name was MANISH from an Insurance Agency in Mumbai. He "verified" my identity, and he had ALL my details rank, name, date of birth, address, wife's name and my phone numbers. This he very obviously got from some data base which had an old land line no, and of course he had my cell no.He then asked me about my Life Insurance policy which had matured, and whether i was in touch with my LIC agent. I gave him an affirmative re the insurance, and a negative about the agent, who has since passed on. He asked me how much i was paying the LIC monthly, or quarterly or annually. i told him that i did not remember. He kept on asking me to try and remember. He then told me that there was a sizable amount of money which was due to me and that his superior would call me "tomorrow" (May 04) and give me all the details. I said 'great' and additional money was most welcome.Then he queried if my wife (took her name correctly) had an insurance policy so that he could check up if she had some arrears or dues coming to her. I said she didn't have any.Then he went on to state that in order to enable the transfer, i would have to make a small investment. That's when i goofed. I told him "which sensible man will give some money to get what is his due - would you do it?" soon as the words were out of my mouth i realized the goof up, and then corrected myself told him, "never mind, i'll deal with that when your boss calls me tomorrow morning". The call ended.Some time later i called him three times at hourly intervals. On the first two attempts i got a 'line busy' response. On the third attempt it rang, and i was pleasantly surprised when the person at the other end said his name was MANISH. I called off.Today i await his 'Superior's call !!This is PHISHING in progress. My LIC policy was paid up in 1981 and those guys at the LIC won't be able to 'suo moto' find records of last year let alone so many decades ago. Now i await his call today to see where it takes me.I also see frequent warnings on the TV regarding this type of Insurance scam and that the insurance companies do not process on phone. SO PLEASE BEWARE AND DO NOT FALL INTO THEIR TRAP.If that "superior" calls today I shall inform you all of what transpired. If you don't hear from me, it means that the call did not materialize and that one can definitely conclude that it was a phishing expedition gone wrong.
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Posted by: Raman K <kraman_4@yahoo.com>
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