Dish "pay for 6 mo, get 6 mo free" scam?

Teehar

SatelliteGuys Master

Pub Member / Supporter

Sep 29, 2010

8,355

174

WNC

• Mar 11, 2013

• #21

Yea I received that email as well.

 

boba

SatelliteGuys Master

Dec 12, 2003

11,350

1,035

Dorchester, TX.

• Mar 11, 2013

• #22

Be a copycat it is nice to see DISH is concerned enough to warn us, now if only they would take some action to stop it.

 

3HaloODST

SatelliteGuys Master

Pub Member / Supporter

Jul 2, 2010

6,648

97

Earth

• Mar 11, 2013

• #23

Got that email also. I'd never fall for that type of scam, anyway . Good that they're warning folks, though.

 

Jim S.

When someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes

Lifetime Supporter

Jan 2, 2006

5,660

1,283

FN11od

• Mar 11, 2013

• #24

harshness said:

Most companies sell mailing lists. Since there are so many companies involved, it is hard to say where the information came from. This is why you should always opt out of the "advertising partner" stuff in your privacy preferences. The bigger question is why, industry wide, these lists are opt-out instead of opt-in.

Click to expand...

It's got nothing to do with knowing you're a Dish subscriber. They're somehow getting enough information on subscribers to get the channels turned on while they're on the phone trying to get the subscribers to pay. Sounds like a serious information leak to me.

 

mike123abc

Too many cables

Supporting Founder

Sep 25, 2003

25,344

4,588

Norman, OK

• Mar 11, 2013

• #25

Jim S. said:

It's got nothing to do with knowing you're a Dish subscriber. They're somehow getting enough information on subscribers to get the channels turned on while they're on the phone trying to get the subscribers to pay. Sounds like a serious information leak to me.

Click to expand...

It could be something as simple as harvested Dish login/passwords from key loggers. They grab everything they can when on your computer, now someone has found a way to make the Dish account access valuable. They can log into the account while you are on the phone and add the "free programming".

 

dare2be

SatelliteGuys God

Lifetime Supporter

Jul 15, 2011

12,742

7,775

FL

• Mar 11, 2013

• #26

...and remember, Dish's lack of security on their website which can be used to reset passwords by just knowing phone number and receiver#.

 

Last edited: Mar 11, 2013

M

Mr Tony

SatelliteGuys Pro

Supporting Founder

Nov 17, 2003

1,930

7,656

Mankato, MN

• Mar 11, 2013

• #27

merged threads together

 

HDRoberts

SatelliteGuys Pro

May 13, 2008

4,795

31

Cleveland, OH

• Mar 12, 2013

• #28

Wasn't there something recently about a retailer being hacked?

 

V

vinobabu

Active SatelliteGuys Member

Jun 8, 2006

18

0

• Mar 13, 2013

• #29

Green Dot Moneypak fraud

i got a call yesterday from the so called Dish agent who knew the exact amount of my monthly bill and offered me 6 months free dish. Catch...I have to buy the green dot card from any local retailer ( Walmart, CVS, Wallgreens etc) and prepay for the 6 month service . They would even throw in free channel for being a loyal customer and let me experience the free channel for one day.

Something about this did not feel right so I hung up on them. After further research found its a scam thats been going on for a while.

Anyone received similar calls?

Vino

 

S

sparc

SatelliteGuys Pro

Jul 24, 2006

1,721

13

• Mar 13, 2013

• #30

an endless number of people on this forum have experienced the same thing for many many years...

see here: https://www.google.com/search?q=dis...494,d.aWc&fp=3bcb86fd5898ddf6&biw=980&bih=985

 

V

vinobabu

Active SatelliteGuys Member

Jun 8, 2006

18

0

• Mar 13, 2013

• #31

Thanks. Sorry for the re-post

 

Scherrman

SatelliteGuys Master

Supporting Founder

Mar 14, 2008

15,555

9,951

Eastern Iowa

• Mar 13, 2013

• #32

Dish is sending out emails to all their customers regarding this.

 

dare2be

SatelliteGuys God

Lifetime Supporter

Jul 15, 2011

12,742

7,775

FL

• Mar 13, 2013

• #33

Check your online account to make sure it hasn't been hacked (password changed). Dish's security is lacking and people can easily hack in.

 

david_jr

SatelliteGuys Pro

Pub Member / Supporter

May 7, 2007

2,700

992

Hancock, MA - The Berkshires

• Mar 13, 2013

• #34

Scherrman said:

Dish is sending out emails to all their customers regarding this.

Click to expand...

Got one today

 

M

Mr Tony

SatelliteGuys Pro

Supporting Founder

Nov 17, 2003

1,930

7,656

Mankato, MN

• Mar 13, 2013

• #35

merged threads together