People call poseing as your local bank.

Team Flaming Rhubarb · Soldier **Joined**: 25 Apr 2006

My grandma ask me today if i had bought so games. I hadn't and ask why, she said there here 2 19.95 charges on her debt card. So I asked to take a look. I found 2 charges for 19.95, both start with WC.[something]. They looked legit on the surface, but i couldn't find a website for either company. Which threw a MAJOR red flag, what company doesn't have a website these days. So i did some digging and found out this is how it happens.

They call you and say they are your local bank. Then they say the have new features and it will cost $1 to use them. If you accept the charge you the $1 and sign you put for a billion different thing. Two of these things have a 19.95 a month charge. That a lot for nothing.

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Lt Albrecht · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject:

Only Stupid people fall for these things... Come on! Either they offer this cruddy stuff for free or it's fake, how stupid does that sound "Umm... Yeah... This is your bank manager, I need $1 to go get a coffee, if you gimme it I'll open up some more services for ya..."

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OmegaBolt · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

Banks dont email you anyway...

Denmon · General **Joined**: 12 Jun 2004 **Location**: /S/weden

its called Social engineering.

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djohe · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:35 am Post subject:

Its called SCAM, They are all over the world.

Hope all the Scammers burn in hell when they die.

(In not religious in any way)

daTS · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:50 am Post subject:

OmegaBolt wrote:

Banks dont email you anyway...

Uhh. yes they do?
Mine emails me every time there's a transaction over $25, or when I'm under $10 on my account.

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Lt Albrecht · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:52 am Post subject:

but they never ask you for money, do they?

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OmegaBolt · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:52 pm Post subject:

AntiHero wrote:

Uhh. yes they do?
Mine emails me every time there's a transaction over $25, or when I'm under $10 on my account.

:/

No banks I've ever been to, or my parents, email them. The banks themselves said they'd never email.

daTS · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject:

no, they never ask for money.
but they DO email
and they DO call me (recorded message of course)

Chase Bank ftw!

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Destiny · President **Joined**: 02 May 2006 **Location**: Singapore

Maybe banks don't email due to all those frauds and stuff. #Tongue

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Lt Albrecht · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject:

lazy as ztype Tester wrote:

Maybe banks don't email due to all those frauds and stuff.

*insert Chiel's sig*
Get Back to work.

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