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Beware of strangers bearing gifts - according to the Better Business Bureau, scammers are putting a new and brazen spin on the skimming scheme this season.
In this scam, targets receive a call from a delivery company saying a package is on the way. Right on cue, a delivery man arrives with a gift basket sans card. (Some make an excuse, saying the card is being delivered separately.) Before the delivery man leaves, he asks the target to pay a nominal "verification fee" in order to receive the basket. Alternately, she'll need to provide a debit or credit card in order to verify she's of legal drinking age, as there's wine in the basket. The delivery man plugs the info into a handheld scanner and - ta-da! - the scam is complete.
Consumers should know: These requests are just an excuse to "skim" the card's account number, PIN and security code. Once the thief has this information, he can use the card to rack up fraudulent purchases or steal your identity.
James C.
Looking and listening to all these warnings about thievery, what does this say about American society? Then there is the other question that just keeps growing. Is all this electronic technology an asset or liability? Identity theft carries more grief than if they just stole merchandise or money from you. Now you have to keep spending money to protect that information. Then there is the when and where, people are using the electronics that cause more problems. Toss in the jobs it has cost many workers. Then the fact we have not kept up in any fashion to the control or for maintenance of those electronics. It is like scientists trying to keep up with an ever evolving disease. The only motivator about all things human is money. When you create something and eventually it literally forces everyone to participate, it becomes a monopoly. Of course the creators only push the up side. They get filthy rich, you pay for the product and the problems. We prove over and over we are the only species who chooses to be stupid. When it comes to a mind being a terrible thing to waste, we have no competition. We concern ourselves about what we can create, with little foresight into whether we should. Anyone ever compare whatever financial gain electronics have produced, balances out with what benefits it has cost? Has it improved the human animal one iota?
Kevin
This reminds me of the tech support that calls from Microbrains or Dell or from whomever you will believe and say's that your computer is messed up but they can fix it for you for a small price. They say they need to access your computer and give you instructions on how to install Teamviewer. Another way is when you download something you download the scam at the same time. (Usually you will get this scam while you're trying to download something, but it's a program with an invalid scanner and a method to send the scammer money into his temporary bank account).
I had one friend that came over with his computer claiming he had paid some tech support 4 times and they still didn't fix the problem! Some people just deserve what they get for crying out loud.
Leonard
One of the biggest scams is that "Your relative is in jail in (wherever) and needs money to get out on bail or some other bs. I have had four or five of these. You can have fun by having them call you back and leading them on. "Oh, I sent the money order to the office in Oklahoma. You should have made it clear that it was to be sent to Iowa,....and blah and blah." Really #$%$ them off.
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