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August 13, 2005

New dangerous credit card fraud

This is really bad. The scam artists call your home posing as fraud investigators from Visa, Discover or MasterCard. They tell you that you are entitled to a refund for being overcharged or whatever. They already have your credit card number. Likely, they picked thru your garbage one day just before GROOT or Waste Management folks. They may even be working for a legitimate garbage removal business ... though we aren't implying that they are. The bottom line is once they have your credit card statement with the account number and all the stuff your bought last month, it's easy to convince you that they are legit.
They find your phone in the White Pages and ... the rest is easy. Read the whole article at Komo News, buy a shredder and don't talk to a stranger.

Posted in Credit Cards at August 13, 2005 04:30 PM

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