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Call appeared as a 'Scam Likely', but sometimes I get those and they're legit, so I answered. He gave me my son's name, name of the school he attends, my name, a former address, and said that my son had requested SAT prep materials and he needed to confirm the address to send them to. As he'd provided a former address, I updated to a current one. I asked why the number would appear as 'Scam Likely' and he laughed and said all the parents ask him that and it's because there are so many parents to call, he opts to use his computer, and that's how it shows up. He rushed through an explanation that if the hardware wasn't returned within 30 days, there would be a charge of 249.99, and that we'd just need to put them in the mail before then. He asked if I wanted reminders, and I said yes. But then I checked with my kid who'd never requested that, so I ended the call. It was alarming that he had so much personal information about myself and my family, but apparently this is a common scam that I was unaware of, and I'm glad I didn't hand my cc over for the "refundable upon return of flash drives hold."