Comment by jerf

I'll give you the flip side of the scammer's deterioration of trust in the phone... a few months back I got a phone call from what appeared to be my bank, and they were asking me about a fraudulent charge that I didn't recognize. Worried that this was the beginning of a scam, I delayed a bit on the phone while I logged in independently to my bank account... and lo, yes, indeed, there was a fraudulent charge to my account just as they described. It really was my bank calling me about fraudulent charges. But I was definitely close to hanging up on them, assuming it was a scam. It stinks on both sides.