BE CAREFUL. WITH YOUR CREDIT CARDS

[stayfit]

Hi good morning. I am worried. In my job I have received a fraudulent e-mail. In the message said my bank needed the secret numbers of my credit card because they wanted to confirm I am the owner of the credit cards.The swindlers copied the logos of my bank. I did not realize it was a fraud and I wrote two of my three secret numbers. I did not send the e- mail but I am worried. I have canceled my credit cards and tomorrow I will go to my bank.Do you know if the swindlers can steal my money if I did not send the mail back to the sender? Thank you for answering.





Mariángeles a spanish terminator junkie.

 

[desertbriez]

you bank (or paypal, or credit unions, etc) will NEVER NEVER NEVER send an email asking you to verify you information!

if you didn't send an email back.. they won't have your information (are you saying you typed a response.. but then deleted it?) then no.. they don't have your information as no email was sent...

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[carmenelectra]

exactly....if you didnt send it then no they cant get any of your info. I get about 2 or 3 of these per week from ebay and paypal. Never type in any time of personal info or passwords in an email to you. If you are really concerned with if the email is legit or not, log out of your email - even close your browseer. Then reopem it and go directly to the real places site. Another tip is that most legit places asking for personal info and cc numbers will start with https:// .."s" for secure. Alot of the fakes cant fake that part of it.....and alot of them can. Just another thing to look for.

 

[Caren]

I recently had my debit card number stolen and they made two purchases on it, and attempted a 3rd. I am guessing they got it off the internet somehow, since I didn't lose the card, but you never know. I never e-mailed it to anyone. I spoke w/ the company that one of charges was made to and they revered it right away, but one charge is still pending and my band is researching it. It was from a company in Italy and there is no contact information. My bank credited me back for it for now, until they find out it is definitely fraudulent. I had to threaten to leave my bank for them to credit me back for the $225.00 in overdrafts that they charged me. It's scary. I have no idea how they got the number.

 

[stayfit]

Thank you very much for answering Desertbriez. I wrote two of my three secret numbers but I did not send the e-mail of answer. I close the mail, I switch of the computer and I come back home. I did not delete the mail.







Mariángeles a spanish terminator junkie.

 

[stayfit]

Thank you very much Caren and Carmenelectra. I am going to go to my job to be sure I did not send the e-mail to the sender right now.








Mariángeles a spanish terminator junkie.

 

[lorihart]

I know that the world is made up of all different kinds of people but I can't beleive that poeple have nothing better to do with their time then to scame people.I just think of all the elder people out there that actually go along with it b/c they thinking they are giving to some charitey of some sort.
Lori

 

[sarahinva]

Yes, watch your statements carefully! Last year, our checkcard was used to purchase over $2,000 of electronics in China. The stores were Chinese, and it was a mess. Luckily, I caught it through our online banking the day it happened and our bank deposited the funds right back into our checking. What gets me is this: our bank (Bank of America) claims that they have a computer system that alerts itself to fraudulent purchases. We went to Maryland in October 2003. Now mind you, Maryland is one state above Virginia, where we live. We spent the weekend in Maryland, used Maryland's ATM's, used the card at Maryland restaurant and a Maryland hotel. Midway through our weekend, our card was cut off when we tried to use it in a restaurant (embarrassing!). I called Bank of America immediately and they told me that their computer system had cut it off because there were a lot of purchases going through out of state (Maryland!). So, we got it all sorted out and I rested easy that we were with a bank that looked out for us so carefully! Then, in April of 2004, over $2,000 of Chinese electronics DID manage to get through our account and we had to prove we didn't make those purchases and have the charges reversed! Where's the logic in that??? The computer system is alerted to purchases made one state away but ISN'T alerted when charges are made in China???? Makes no sense!

Moral of the story ~ check your online balances every day if possible!

Sarah