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999 Credit card cloning scam

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Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 18 Dec 2012 11:08

Worth a read..apologies if this has been posted before....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2249752/A-999-credit-card-scam-cost-thousands.html

A 999 call and the credit card scam that cost me thousands: How an utterly plausible con-trick left John Andrews £7,000 poorer and feeling a total mug

The con began with phone call from woman claiming to be an inspector
'DCI Seymour' told the couple someone was using cards to buy items
She said the card had been cloned and was being used to make purchases
Con rested on clever technical trick, specialist technology and acting skill

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All comments made by me are all mine unless otherwise stated. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or real life events unless otherwise stated is purely coincidental.

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 18 Dec 2012 11:15

They'd have trouble getting very much out of my account!

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Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 18 Dec 2012 12:20

The 'clever technical' part of the trick is not that clever

All they do is let you hang up first then they remain on the line so that when you call them back you are still talking to the same person.

I think I am right in thinking that if there is a problem with your card your bank may contact you, but you must call their own fraud hotline NEVER give any details over the phone no matter who is calling you. YOU call the bank then you know you are talking to the Organ Grinder and no pretend monkeys!!!!

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We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 18 Dec 2012 12:20

even the cash machine bursts out in laughter
if i ask for a balence at this time of year

grandkids are just not cheap :-D :-D

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The birth of Middlesbrough

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 18 Dec 2012 12:23

The banks have said that nobody will ever, ever ask for bank or card details on line, if there is a problem with your card you will hear from the fraud people and even they will never ask for your pin. We have been contacted twice and nobody has even mentioned our pins.

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AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 18 Dec 2012 12:30

interesting tip.

re the fact that you putting the phone down does not disconnect a call if the other party does not hang up. If you want to verify the identity of the caller, before dialling any other number trying calling your own mobile. If it does not ring, you know the line is compromised.

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Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

BrianW

BrianW Report 18 Dec 2012 21:41

Great tip Ann
Always remember that your bank knows your PIN so never needs to ask for it and certainly not as a means to identify you.

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Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 19 Dec 2012 06:41

If someone has stayed on the line when you put down the phone, you wouldn't have a dialling tone so wouldn't be able to call any numbers from that phone. You would have to be a bit silly to ring a number without a dial tone and not hear it ring out, but finding the same person is 'answering' believe that to be a safe call.

Lizx