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So I get a call yesterday from an 800 number. I don't pick it up initially cause I was on the shitter. And maybe it's just me but I feel like talking on the phone while taking a dump is just rude.

Anyway.... I later Google the number to see who called, and Google tells me it's from Chase bank... ok weird. A few moments later I get another call from the same number so I figure, if it's from Chase bank I should probably pick up.

I answer and it's someone saying they're calling from Chase security services about some suspicious activity on my credit card ending in xxxx. He then proceeds to read off the suspicious charge... and I let him know that I don't recognize the charge.

He then says it appears my credit card # has been compromised and that he'll deactivate my account and issue me a new card. He says for security purposes, he's going to text me a number and asks that I read him back the # - I get a text from Chase, and I proceed to read it back to him.

Fast forward to this morning, I check my credit card account online as I typically do on a daily basis, and I notice $6k worth of charges since that call from last night. I call Chase back to make sure that my card was deactivated, and the Chase rep says there's no record of Chase having spoken to me.

Turns out the number that was texted to me (and was texted from a Chase #) was to be able to add my credit card to Apple Pay.

Lesson learned. Hopefully this info is helpful to others. These scammers are getting pretty damn sophisticated.