Got this message this morning in my hotmail junkmail box.
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I bet this gets older people that are new to online ordering. Most younger people are hip to these scams, but not all. That scam is terribly sad. Peeves me because I can see my grandmother getting burned on something like this. Their generation has a *take people at their word, the government never lies to you* mentallity, where ours is totally opposite. Very sad.
i just got one simmilar to this , but claiming to be from ebay.
asked for a hell of OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS of personal info such as sin number , bank account info.... drivers license number.
If someone were to send you a letter or call you on the telephone asking you for this information, would you give it out without verifying the source?
Hell, even if someone called me from Mastercard and asked me for my CC# and expiry, I'd tell them to go fuck themselves.
1) No site will ever have a ligitimate reason to request a login/password.. even for their own site.
2) Never EVER transmit a CC number over a non-secure connection or website. In Internet Explorer it's as easy as looking for the little lock icon on the bottom status bar.
3) Never give out secure information (SIN, ATM PIN, Bank Acct, CC#) via email. Email is not secure.
4) Always use a unique login/password for secure sites. Who cares if your VV login/pwd is the same as other forum passwords. No real harm can be done on a message board.... but it sure as hell better not be the same as your EQ login/pwd. Same goes for other shit like ebay and paypal.
Anyone who falls for scams like this is seriously lacking in common sense.
I've got 99 problems and I'm not dealing with any of them - Lay-Z
apparantly this happened to best buy also, i only bought one thing online from them and it was a long ass time ago, ive gotten 2 emails so far from best buy saying that there is a fraud going on
