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Off Topic Discussion another Public Service Announcement SCAM
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ed monahan POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:Cincinnati, Oh, USA |
posted 04-23-2017 01:15 PM
Give this wide distribution. This scam is actually very clever. Just when you thought you'd heard it all. Be very careful out there! Beware of people bearing gifts. The following is a recounting of the incident from the victim: Wednesday a week ago, I had a phone call from someone saying The caller said that the delivery would arrive at my home in roughly an hour. Sure enough, about an hour later, a uniformed delivery man turned up with a beautiful basket of flowers and a bottle of wine. I was very surprised since there was no special occasion or holiday, and I certainly didn't expect anything like it. Intrigued, I inquired as
Apparently, a card was being sent separately... (the card has never arrived!) There was also a consignment note with the gift. He then went on to explain that because the gift contained alcohol, there was a $3.50 "delivery/ verification charge," providing proof that he had actually delivered the package to an adult (of legal drinking age), and not just left it on the doorstep where it could be stolen or taken by anyone, especially a minor. This sounded logical and I offered to pay him cash. He then said that the delivery company required payment to be by credit or debit card only, so that everything is properly accounted for, and this would help in keeping a legal record of the transaction. He added couriers don't carry cash to avoid loss or likely targets for robbery. My husband, who by this time was standing beside me, pulled out his credit card, and 'John,' the "delivery man," asked him to swipe the card on a small mobile card machine with a small screen and keypad. Frank, my husband, was asked to enter his PIN number and a receipt was printed out. He was given a copy of the transaction. The guy said everything was in order, and wished us good day. To our horrible surprise, between Thursday and the following Monday, $4,000 had been charged/withdrawn from our credit/debit account at various ATM machines. Apparently the "mobile credit card machine," which the deliveryman carried now had all the info necessary to create a "dummy" card with all our card details including the PIN number. Upon finding out about the illegal transactions on our card, we immediately notified the bank which issued us a new card, and our credit/debit account was closed. We also personally went to the Police, where it was confirmed that it is definitely a scam because several households had been similarly hit. WARNING: Be wary of accepting any "surprise gift or package," which you neither expected nor personally ordered,
PLEASE Pass this on, it may just prevent someone else from being swindled. This sounds similar to the card readers that they put into gas pumps to steal your credit card info. That has been happening a lot around here in the past year or so. This message has been edited by ed monahan on 04-23-2017 at 01:23 PM |
StingRay POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Elk Grove Village, IL, USA |
posted 04-23-2017 05:12 PM
Creative .... did they get to keep the flowers and wine though? |
TucsonJer POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Tucson, AZ, USA |
posted 04-23-2017 05:47 PM
Well Ed, I guess it's true, the old saying " You don't get nothin' for free". I have almost completely quit using my debit card for anything. I use my Visa card for gas, groceries, and hotels and such so if anyone gets that info I'm only out 50 bucks at the most. Jer |
garysss POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Balto. Md. |
posted 04-23-2017 07:06 PM
According to snopes, this happened in Sydney in 2008. http://www.snopes.com/fraud/sales/express.asp |
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