Myself, my husband and my daughter ALL received calls from this number saying they were from F&M bank and that our Visa account had been compromised - and possible fraudulent transactions had occurred.  We do not have any accounts with F&M bank!  Can anyone give me an idea as to who these folks are????  Any asisstance will be appreciated.

Watch Out For Scammers Pretending To Be Your Credit Card Company's Fraud Department

From CBC:

Ottawa police Sgt. Mike McCormick said fraudsters are now calling customers claiming to be from the fraud department of their credit card company.
"We know as a general public that there's a lot of fraudulent activity on credit cards and debit cards, so when we start hearing ... your financial institution calling you ask you for specific information and providing information that nobody else should know, it brings down our wariness," said McCormick, who is with the organized fraud section.

He said investigators are seeing a steep increase in reports of a scam in which a caller names an unusual big-ticket item and asks if the customer has recently purchased it.

When the customer says no, the caller says the company involved has been cropping up in a lot of suspicious transactions.

The caller provides a reference number for the customer's file and give the customer a 1-800 number to call.

He or she also asks the customer to confirm that they still have the card by providing the three-digit security code marked on the back.

Fraud investigators say no legitimate credit card company will ask you for that code.

McCormick said the fraudster typically already has your address and credit card number, usually from dumpster diving for receipts and bills.

Scammers are good at pretending to be your credit card company. Don't fall for it.

http://consumerist.com/380116/watch-out-for-s ... raud-department

Yet another fraudulent dishonest company trying to steal your information

My husband has received two calls today from someone saying the same thing and asking for his credit card number.

Same as above-  Calls every 2 minutes around 40 calls until I turned off phone.  Called wireless carrier and they said block the number *667 when you answer. (Cingular/ATT)  The I started receiving same call from other numbers...