 EGeezerSummertimePremium
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| reply to TongSama
THONGSAI, please read - be sure you contact your credit card company immediately and let them know that your account has been compromised.
Here's why;
In the article, it said the user was asked for the last six digits of the credit card number.
The scam is this; On many store and gas station receipts, all but the last four digits of the card number are on the slip and are visible in the transaction reports that store personnel can see. card number skimmers buy these from willing clerks who get a few dollars apiece for the incomplete information. This is then used by scammers when they request a user's information and "only" ask for the last four, five or six digits. They match the name and incomplete information from the purchased data with the incomplete information the victim provides in the scam. Voila, complete credit card information.
This month it's $9.95 and you noticed. Many people won't notice. If not, a few months later, the really big stuff gets charged. (Charging a couple bucks as a test is another piece of the scam).
Also please file with the FTC. Link at »www.consumer.gov/idtheft/ - follow the instructions.
Also file with the IFCC - link at »www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp
ID theft typically costs around $1400 in legal fees hiring a lawyer or accountant to straighten out the mess and several hundred hours of dealing with creditors bank, credit rating companies and so on. Not to mention your credit rating determines your car insurance rates!
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