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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Phish guy gets life
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AnnoyedOne said...
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Reminds me of this story.
Last year I got a CapitalOne credit card which I use exclusively for work related stuff. Around the middle of December (when they check stuff more) I get a message on my answering machine claiming "This is so and so from CapitalOne. You need to call this number about your account". Alright...
So I call this number, which is not the same as the one on the card, and the recording says CapitalOne and asks me to enter my cc number (as they all do). I enter it (not much danger there) and then get a real person who starts requesting all sorts of personal details (social, mothers maiden etc). My "scam" detector pegged at 11 so I refused to provide anything. The lady got all huffy and said "call the 1-800 number on your card then!" which I did. It really was CapitalOne and they claimed to have detected "fraudulent activity" on my card which was strange since there was no activity showing in the online account viewer.
To cut a long story short they canceled the existing card and posted a new one. Fine. So I get the new one and there's no sticker on it or phone # for any account activation. So I call them again. "Oh we don't need account activation for replacement cards".
HFS, they cancel my card (as it turns out the activity wasn't fraudulent), send me a new one, and allow anyone to use it. These guys are real sharp!
The moral. Anyone can call you (caller id can be faked too--Google it) and claim anything. If they start asking for anything private hang-up and call back on a published number. Some of these scammers are good but they're easily stopped by a little bit of caution. -
1/17/07, 10:56 AM
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Dr.Hardcrab said...
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Had a similar event:
Got a call from some Scuba Dive shop in Atlanta saying there was a problem with my order. "What order!!???" They were currently out of the blue fins and wanted to know if the black ones would be O.K. "Whoa! I didn't order anything from you!" The guy tells me it was $1700 worth of diving equipment being shipped to Singapore. I told him to stop the "order" and I contacted my credit card company. They showed about 20-some charges that I did not make and said they would not charge me for them and they would cancel my card and send me new ones.
I tried to give them the (little) info I had (the Dive shop name and phone number, the email address of the guy that was ordering it). Hey! It was SOME kind of lead.
"Well, there isn't much we can do about it. you need to contact your local police..." WTF??!!!
Then the dive shop called me back 15 minutes later and said he just got an email from the guy wanting to know the status of his order. Called the credit card company and told them and the guy was real short with me. "Sir. You NEED to call your local authorities.." BASTARD!!
I called the FBI and gave them the info. The agent was real nice but he told me that they would definitely look into it but they could not report back to me since I wasn't affected by any fraudulent charges.
I just thought that was pretty LA-DE-DAH of my credit card company to not even want to persue it.
I tell you: You read about it all the time but when it actually happens to you, you really feel "violated".
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1/17/07, 11:40 AM
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Rodger the Real King of France said...
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These are both very very worth reading. My AMEX card was once scammed with a series of $3-$4 charges - about 20 of them. AMEX removed the charge but said they could not keep me abreast of who did it in the event they were able to track them down.
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1/17/07, 12:33 PM
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Anonymous said...
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I guess I have been lucky i had Amex call one time and ask if I had used my card at some places and I confirmed I had but I have never been scammed I have had people send emails trying to I hit return and Tell them to get F .
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1/17/07, 8:40 PM
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Dr.Hardcrab said...
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Hey Rodge,
The FBI guy told me that the people that get your number go through some place (mostly in Las Vegs) and ring up a two or three dollar charge just to "test" the card to see if it's good. They do it several times for some reason and it always shows up at a "non-item". If you see a print out of the bill, you have those small charges and them a whole bunch of BIG ticket items within minutes...
Max a card out in minutes...
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1/18/07, 12:26 AM
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