Credit card scam, verified

[kitanzi]

There's an unusually slick credit card scam making the rounds, where they tell you everything - except your security code. Details through Tom Smith at:
http://filkertom.livejournal.com/324076.html?style=mine#cutid1

And yes, Snopes does confirm it:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/creditcard.asp

I think I would have fallen for that one... eek!

Comments

[madfilkentist]

A couple of days ago, I got a phone message saying that I'd probably received a letter from them in the past few days (I hadn't), telling me I'd been pre-approved for a loan (my number is unlisted, and the phone message didn't mention my name), and they just needed to get my credit card statements so they could issue the loan.

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Not as slick, but creative.

[annonynous.livejournal.com]

Interesting, and thank you!

On the lighter side - in what Tom forwarded from his Mom, the VISA 800 number mentioned is missing, curiously enough, three digits.

Ann O.

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Ha - I hadn't noticed!