A Better Business Bureau alert says consumers are now getting phone calls from telemarketers who claim to be from Wal-Mart. The telemarketers offer $500 in shopping vouchers.
Consumers are told in order to receive the gift cards they must pay $4.99 for shipping and handling.
The caller then asks for the consumer's personal checking account number, and more than $4.99 is taken out of the consumer's account.
Wal-Mart has received thousands of calls from all over the US about this telemarketing scam.
There is a similar scam going around, using the Home Depot name.
The telemarketing calls are coming from the "Consumer Reward Network," a company that has an "F" rating with the Better Business Bureau in California.
To protect yourself, the BBB suggests the following:
* Don't provide your bank account or other personal information over the phone to telemarketers or anyone you don't know.
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