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Beware Of 'Wrong Transaction' Hotel Spam
If you get an email message telling you a hotel has erroneously charged your credit card account, be careful. The odds are that it's part of a new spam campaign that could infect your computer. The messages started popping up in recent days and there are already hundreds of variants on the same theme: A hotel wrongly charged a credit card number and the victim is supposed to fill out an attached form to process the refund.
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Visa/MasterCard Phone Fraud
As we have noted in recent issues, the bad guys are hitting the phones lately to induce you into their scams. As if phishing and rogue security was not enough, now we have to put up with them calling us too! Here's one of the latest which involves a caller claiming to be from VISA or MasterCard reaches out to you. Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they already have it. They claim to be from the Security and Fraud Department at the card company and even give you a badge number. The bad hat tells you that your account has been flagged for unusual purchase patterns and ask is you bought a fictitious product when you say no they say they will credit your account and go on to verify your address. They then ask you for the code on the back of your card. It all sounds so legit, but don't do it. They want the number on the card so as to make a charge to it. Call your credit card company directly before giving out any information. This scam has been verified on snopes.com.
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If you get an email message telling you a hotel has erroneously charged your credit card account, be careful. The odds are that it's part of a new spam campaign that could infect your computer. The messages started popping up in recent days and there are already hundreds of variants on the same theme: A hotel wrongly charged a credit card number and the victim is supposed to fill out an attached form to process the refund.
>> Read More Here
Visa/MasterCard Phone Fraud
As we have noted in recent issues, the bad guys are hitting the phones lately to induce you into their scams. As if phishing and rogue security was not enough, now we have to put up with them calling us too! Here's one of the latest which involves a caller claiming to be from VISA or MasterCard reaches out to you. Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they already have it. They claim to be from the Security and Fraud Department at the card company and even give you a badge number. The bad hat tells you that your account has been flagged for unusual purchase patterns and ask is you bought a fictitious product when you say no they say they will credit your account and go on to verify your address. They then ask you for the code on the back of your card. It all sounds so legit, but don't do it. They want the number on the card so as to make a charge to it. Call your credit card company directly before giving out any information. This scam has been verified on snopes.com.
>> Read More Here
