800-274-6660

I received a call from someone identifying themselves from the Citi Bank fraud dept (8002746660), asking if I used my citibank credit card to purchase 4 fi****** for $2400 on gunsamerica.com in Staten Island NY. I told her absolutely not, I don't have a citibank credit card. She said can consider this a case of identity theft but will have to report it to homeland security because purchasing fi****** without a license is a federal offense, and purchases for that many fi****** can be considered act of terrorism. They asked me if I ever lost my ID or passport, provided their details online, or used them for official business. I told no but I bought a car a few months ago. They said government guidelines state I must write "one time use only" whenever I let someone make a copy of my ID. This was werid cause I never heard that before. They inferred this must be how my ID was stolen. Then after a brief hold they said the head of their dept said since I'm confirming on the call that I did not make the purchase, the actual criminal might still be in the area (Staten Island). They can get me over to NYPD to file the report and after the the investigation is complete, NYPD will send them the police report, and my case will be closed with citibank and I'll be protected from any action by Homeland Security. They had me confirm if this would be an ok resolution, which of course I said yes. They then proceeded to give me - the credit card no., the date and address of the bank the cc was applied, the date and address the cc was issued, their name, employee ID, call back phone, a citibank case no., and [email protected] (which is legit) - to give to NYPD when I file the report. They had me repeat everything back to them and then transferred me. At this point I figured [BBB Scam Type: Credit Cards] [Business: Citi Bank] [Location: FL, USA - 32820]