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Old 09-08-2006, 09:45 AM #1
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Thumbs down Warning this is a phoney email do not respond

Dear Customer,

This message has been sent to you by Visa Security Program.

You've specified this e-mail as reachable with your credit card online transaction (your credit card details are not
shown here for security reasons).
We notify you that your level of authorization has been altered during your last transaction of GBP 107.40 together with
the service fee of GBP 24.00.
(07 SEPT 2006)
You can check details in the attachment.

If you believe there was a mistake please report this to Verified by Visa.
Protect your Visa card online with a personal password
Visa provides reassurance that only you can use your Visa card online. Learn more about the benefits of Verified by Visa

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Regards
VISA TechSupport

Last edited by Thelma; 09-08-2006 at 12:10 PM. Reason: Following post is absolutely right although I had changed it not to work...thanks
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Old 09-08-2006, 11:22 AM #2
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Thelma:

Thank you for the warning, I hate these kinds of scams!

Do you think you might remove the link in your post though? Since that's how they take your money (presumably, I didn't click on it), I'm worried that someone might click on it and there might be some problem for members because of it.

Just thinking it might be a good idea to get rid of the link in the email.
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Old 09-08-2006, 12:45 PM #3
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dont talk to starngers and dont communicate to them by internet or maybe even phone
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When you get Visa spoof emails like this, forward them to phishing@visa.com and let Visa's lawyers chat with them. And forward fake ebay emails to spoof@ebay.com and so on. Corporations get quite cranky when people commit fraud in their name.
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scammers are everywhere.

hubby and i own a business. ( a physical business, not an online one ) i have a web site for that business and company emails addy's. just this week i got an email with an invoice attached from what looked like one of our regular advertisers.

what caught my attention was that they have never sent an invoice this way. the scammer had used the actual name of the advertising rep as the email addy. the email asked that the credit card info including the 3 digit security code be filled out on the invoice and emailed back.

thanks for the heads up thelma.
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