Spectrum 2024 Reports & Reviews

Spectrum Reports & Reviews (93)

Victim Location 28016
Type of a scam Phishing

I was contacted by a man last night on May 31, 2022, at 5:30 pm he said he worked for Spectrum. He knew my name, address, and last 4 of my debit card. He said that spectrum was running a promotion for $102.00 for one year. Unfortunately, he said he needed my debit card information to process payment and he also needed my social security number. I then proceeded to give him this information.

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Victim Location 32176
Type of a scam Utility

Caller claims to be from internet/tv provider. Says I'm paying too much for service. Will reduce payments but I have to set up an automatic bank payment for future reduced payments, so he needs my bank account number. At that point I told them I was uncomfortable conducting that over the phone, at which point he hangs up.

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Victim Location 96706
Type of a scam Phishing

I received a call from someone saying he was from Spectrum and calling to let me know they had upgraded their equipment and I would need to replace all my cable boxes. I replied, "Oh, really," and he did not hang up but stopped talking. I hung up and dialed the 808 number he called from and it was a "non-working" number.

I called Spectrum -- they did not call me; they do not call customers to discuss this sort of upgrade. They always mail a letter or postcard to let customers know about upcoming changes. This is a common phishing call I guess. Do not respond to this type of call.

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Victim Location 63401
Type of a scam Phishing

A person claiming to be from Spectrum called me and told me they could get me a discount on service as well as new equipment. After speaking with the representative for a while, I was forwarded on to his "boss" who said he needed my Social Security Number in order to run a soft credit check on my account. I have been with Charter Spectrum for 30 years. They didn't need my SSN. At this point, I figured out it was a scam. I called Spectrum and the representative verified that they don't call people with discounts like this.

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Victim Location 45458
Type of a scam Phishing

Spectrum is using some "sketchy" individuals to drum up business. Received two calls today. 1st one was from Midmark Corporation and the individual claimed he was from Spectrum. 2nd one was from the University of Dayton Ohio and again, the individual claimed he was from Spectrum. Both times I pointed out what was showing as the phone number and they hung up.

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Victim Location 43085
Type of a scam Identity Theft

Call came 3.3.22 from james walker and john belfort working for Spectrum. James and John had the same accent. They called from 682-253-5325. Their call back number is 833-724-2769. I was offered a deal to save $50 a month. They asked for my acct number, security code, social security number, and credit card. Two phones were delivered by FedEx (and reported to FedEx fraud dept), but I didn't accept delivery. I contacted Spectrum's fraud dept, and they fixed my Spectrum account. I called them back to say I didn't want the gift card or the phones, and to refund her account. They said they couldn't refund my account until Monday. I said I would report them to the police. They sent me shipping labels on Friday to return the phones if I didn't want them. Spectrum said not to sue their shipping labels. FedEx Worthington wrote to me because they were confused about my order. I called and explained I hadn't ordered anything. I have straightened this out, but want to warn others.

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Victim Location 44314
Type of a scam Phishing

[[BBB TRANSCRIPTION VIA TELEPHONE CALL W/CONSUMER]]

Spectrum wanted to get rid of a bill, they were going to compensate him $20 for overpayment.

Alex Selby called consumer, worked for Spectrum.

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Victim Location 40299
Type of a scam Utility

They said I had been selected to get a $50.00 discount on my Spectrum Bill for a year. I gave them my bank credit card number and birthday. They wanted my checking account number and the routing number also. I did not do that.

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Victim Location 76310
Total money lost $700
Type of a scam Other

On 2-1-22, I received a phone call on my home phone answering machine from Spectrum stating, “You May qualify for a 50% discount on your account. Call 1-855-568-3178 for more information.” I have been trying to get a cheaper rate with Spectrum for months so I called the above phone number and Mike Caldwell answered and told me I could get a promotional discount of $116.67 monthly for 24 months, same services I have now and no contract. Mr Caldwell explained that Spectrum has been getting a lot of customer complaints so because of FDC Regulations through COVID-19 they have teamed up with Apple because Spectrum now has mobile services and have this new promotional offer. He said if I agreed to the offer I would get a $100 Visa prepaid card mailed to me. He said I would get January, February, and March bill paid for if I would purchase an Apple gift card in the amount of $350 that would pay for those first three months and I wouldn’t start getting billed Until April for my new rate of $116.67 monthly. I agreed and he gave me a promotion code number and I was to call the Billing department 18559066487 and spoke to Alex Reeves and she informed me to purchase the Apple gift card at a department store and call her back. I purchased a $350 gift card at Best Buy and called her back with the code on the gift card and she put me on a brief hold said she had to verify with an Apple representative. She got back on the line and said the card was inactive and not good and the card was locked by Apple and not useable. So she said they would issue me a $350 refund check and Federal express to me and I would also get a $50 apology Visa gift card in the mail. She said for the promotional offer to be good, I needed to purchase another $350 gift card at a different store and call her back so I went to CVS and purchased a second gift card and gave her the number code on the gift card. She then said that card was good and went through and tried to also sell me a IPhone 13 Promax regular price $1000 for 50% off at $500 and I refused the phone offer so she transferred me to a man for the shipping number. I was then transferred to a foreign man and he said, “Oh ma’m I am so sorry. I issued a check to you in the amount of $700 instead of $350. It was my mistake and I will probably get fired. I have been here for two years and I am going to be in trouble by my manager. I need you to pay another $350 to keep this offer and tried to tell me the check already was mailed to me and too late to stop it. By then I was upset and said, “No I already paid $700 and I am not giving you any more money” and demanded all my money back in a refund and hung up on him. The next day on 2-2-22 I did not receive a $700 refund check through FedEx. So I called my Spectrum phone number on my Spectrum bill and they assured me it was a scam and informed me that Spectrum will never call anyone to offer a percentage discount on an account. I reported it to the fraud department of Spectrum. Also the scam has the same recorded greeting and prompts as the actual real Spectrum and it really seems like it is legitimate but actually is not. I then called my bank and was unable to get the charges reversed due to I willingly purchased the two gift cards. I never gave the scammers any of my bank account information and my bank informed me I did not need to change my account. I also called the Apple phone number on the gift card and informed them of the scam and they said the two cards were already redeemed and could not refund any of my money back to me. I notified the police department and filed a report also. I am reporting this to help others so they don’t get easily sucked into this as it is so deceiving and misleading and so easy to get preyed on. I do not want this to happen ton anyone else.

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Victim Location 43235
Type of a scam Phishing

I got a call today at about 1:13 pm from an English speaking African American. He said he worked for Spectrum and he was offering me a 25% off my current bill. He said my bill was $222. He said he had all of my information in front of him, and he did. He knew my social security, address, phone etc. He sounded very legit. A second man came to the phone and said his name was Mike Borne and he needed my credit card. I called Spectrum who verified they had not made a call to me.

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Victim Location 44104
Type of a scam Phishing

I answered a phone call from Spectrum. The phone number in my caller ID was 216-243-0279. I am a customer of Spectrum. The caller was going on and on. It was very enticing because they were offering a lower price. Caller needed my birthday and some other information. I wondered why they would ask for this. I did not provide any information and hung up. I called the number I have for Spectrum. They are not offering this discount. I called the number back that had called me. I reached a message. This is Spectrum leave a message. I hung up.

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Victim Location 40216
Type of a scam Counterfeit Product

called said he was from spectrum and could lower my bill . I gave him all my info . My name , address , DOB and my SS number . He wanted my bank name and credit card number and that when I realized I had been scammed . He became very angry and said he get my bill to 200.00 amonth . I did give my sercurity code from my Specturm bill . I call Spectrum and changed my code . Is there anything I can do do to help myself now ? Thanks , Mary Husband [email protected]

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Scammer's phone 888-406-7063
Scammer's website www.masterworld.org
Scammer's address 8124 Agora Pkwy Suite 100 Live Oak TX 78154, Schertz, TX 78154, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location TX 78239, USA
Type of a scam Other

I closed down my business over 2 years ago now. The business name was G**** W******* C******* Ballet Fitness Fashion & More. Hackers have taken past cell phone data from the disconnected cell phone number 281-840-**** and have transferred it to a fake Google Gmail account through that cell phone number for business fraud and profit through this website scam here https://www.localpx.com/v/en/g****-w*******-c*******-ballet-fitness-fashion-more...⇄ and these website users through this domain name [email protected] for fraud through the Jeset Magazine contest through these users of this website here https://miss.jetsetmag.com/vote/gloria-winchell-callahan, through these WordPress.com users on this website here https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=g*******+w*******+c*******&form=HDRSC2&...⇄ />
for fraud through that contest scam by these users through these websites here https://casanovasblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/30/the-next-new-jetset-magazine-mode...⇄ https://casanovasblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/30/the-next-new-jetset-magazine-mode...⇄ These are not friends using this stolen data they are business fraud bullies through a stolen fake Facebook messenger page scam by users on Edward f Lewis Jr1 Twitter account scam here https://twitter.com/edwardflewisjr1/status/730534936160161792. This is a data piracy scam through the disconnected cell phone number 281-840-**** by Google+ users through Apple on that masterworld.org website and through Spectrum internet servers for cell phone data piracy profits scam through Jeset Magazine hackers through these website users for fraud through Spectrum Internet. These users have been pirating my data for over 6 years now through Facebook and Twitter. I would like to be compensated in the amount of 50,000 dollars for the 6 years of data piracy by these users for fraud and illegal profits through those website users scams. This is a federal crime and has caused me extreme duress and time out of my life fighting these hackers using my work and stolen information. That's a total of 300,000 dollars of wages lost because of this data fraud and piracy scam through these users through my internet and social media thugs scam.

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- Port Arthur, TX, USA

Country United States
Victim Location TX 77642, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

Received a call from Spectrum offering to upgrade his internet for a deposit of $249.95 which would be refunded in 3 months. The upgrade would qualify him for a discount of $30.00 per month for 24 months. He was to call 803-599-8851 to set up the payment.

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This is the same call I got today except there was no refund. I knew it was a scam quickly as he said my cable box software needed to be updated and to press the "Guide" button 3 times to start the process. Now that made me laugh but I let him go on. He then said that I needed to pay a fee of $250 for them to do the upgrade and for me to get the discount. I told him I had no money and he said to hold. He came back and said since I was such a loyal customer, they would make it $100! I told him to shove it and he said I was rude. He then said he was shutting my service down to which I told him to f'ing do it. I reported it to Spectrum. The number he called from was 779-246-8770.

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Victim Location 44060
Type of a scam Phishing

I received a phone call I thought was from Spectrum. I had been trying to get a better rate on my phone. The caller said she was from Spectrum. She asked for my Social Security number.I gave out the entire number. She also asked for my credit card number for my payment. I did not give my credit card number. I called Spectrum and was told they did not call me. I contacted the Credit Bureaus and my bank. I am concerned that I gave out personal information. The phone number in my caller ID was 440-201-4150. The caller gave me two additional phone numbers. 845-579-8109 and 855-684-9760.

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Victim Location 14435
Type of a scam Utility

At 11:34 am yesterday we received a phone call from a local number. The call was a recording about saving $3 on my Spectrum cable bill.

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- Eden, NY, USA

Scammer's address NY, USA
Country United States
Victim Location NY 14057, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

I received a phone call saying it was Spectrum. I was asked if I had any issues with service or billing by Tia. I said yes the stations pixels, freezes and the sound cuts out and the billing is getting expensive with them keep going up. Tia said she could give us a $25.00 credit monthly for 2 years. Asked me to confirm the bill account #, security code address and phone #. She then preceded to ask for my husbands SSN #, then mine because I was the one she was speaking with. I unfortunately gave it to her. I was also asked for my email address. When she started to spell out my email address I became suspicious. Then she asked for a credit card to pay $99.00 for an up front fee for the next month then I would get $25.00 off each month for the next 2 years. I asked about the up front fee and got no clear explanation from her and told her I pay by mail and won't give her a credit card. She said she had to talk to her manager who got on the phone and said his name was Chris Anderson. I told him the same thing and he hung up. I called Spectrum and they don't make calls if it's a bundle and don't ask for SSN #'s.

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Victim Location 93428
Type of a scam Other

I went in the store to get Internet service. Did not want any other service! The sales person in there signed me up for some mobile service that I keep getting billed for! Never received a mobile device never signed up for a mobile service! Fraud fraud fraud!! Customer service is no help! I’ve called them five times spoke to five different people that said they were taking care of it and I’m still getting statements for bills due!!

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- Cleveland, OH, USA

Scammer's phone 9793307239
Scammer's website www.spectrum.com
Scammer's address 400 Atlantic St Fl 10, Stamford, CT 06901, USA
Country United States
Victim Location OH 44109, USA
Type of a scam Phishing

I wanted to report a possible scam phone call. The caller stated they were with Spectrum. I have Spectrum. They ask you to bundle to save money. I gave my birthday. My caller ID showed Spectrum with phone number ************. I usually don't answer. I called Spectrum because I needed a remote. I was told they don't use that number.

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I fell for this yesterday and it was an area code in NY but I know Spectrum is national so I listened to their special promotion, which was saying they were working with AT&T and I could get a special rate for 2 years, plus since I was a long time customer a $250 gift card, etc. There would be a one-time installation fee of 19.98 and they needed a credit card for that, but guy also asked for the 3-digit code on back of card and then said they needed to verify my credit rating and asked for last 4 digits of my social security number. He also wanted my Driver's License number, etc. They set up appointment this Sat. for installation. I thought it sounded suspicious and called my credit card company to check recent payments and it was ok but I decided to cancel card and get a new one! I did try to call back on the number he gave me and it went to a recording so I left message that I wanted to cancel the service and that the credit card number I gave them was now invalid.

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