Recently there has been a rise in people getting telephone calls from unknown sources that are being asked survey style questions about TV and Cable programing. These calls are trying to get information and they will attempt to confirm your address to send a $200 dollar gift card to your home.
The catch? They will ask for your credit card for a $1.00 shipping charge, now we know what happens next, you will get other random charges and probably lose any money you have in your account pretty quickly. I doubt these are the ones who will only bill you monthly. This type of scam is run all the time and its very dangerous as these are the ones who will attempt to charge your account quickly so they can get out.
There is also risk with these types of attacks that your credit card number will also get sold so your best bet is to cancel your credit card right away. If you get one of these calls just hang up. This is one reason I do not allow any survey type calls to come into my house they get hung up on quickly.
