I recieved a call from a man with an east indian accent about a week ago, saying I have been chosen special by Comcast to a low price promotion. The number he calls from is: 855-679-0359. He told me the package that I currently pay about 189.00 per month , I will now be able to get the same for 80.00 per month. The caviat to this was that I had to pay for six (6) months total upfront (480.00) OK, I said to myself, , I can do that, it’s a great deal. Then he went on to tell me the way I had to pay the 480.00 was by putting the money on a Netspend pre paid card that I would recieve in the mail in about a weeks time. Apparently the partnership with Netspend was the entity paying the freight on the unbelievable package. Again, I said OK, this is a first for me, but still almost believable. Then when he told me that he knew I had an outstanding balance on my accout of about 469.00 and that because of the promotion, that I should not pay that balance, that I infact would recieve that as an extra bonus! That i do not have to pay the open balance due on my account. At this point I feel uneasy. I did tell the man ok and I will wait to recieve this card in the mail. When I hung up the phone, I immediately Googled: “Comcast – Netspend Promotion””

and was appalled to see in black and white numerous reports of this alleged promotion being perpetrated. Now the part that really scared me was the fact that this person on the phone had direct access to my accout information

which means that he has a direct access to the Comcast database and in real time to boot. This wasn’t just a data dump from a point in time

he had exact up to date info on my account. I find it amazing that this obvious breach in security has been reported

we know the phone number it’s coming from