New scam came to Vancouver

[Groundhog]

Hi Kamorchane, Just got it from work:
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BE ON THE ALERT, THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS COMING
NEW SCAM

Just when you think you've heard it all. Here comes another scam. This scam is very clever. Be very careful out there! One could easily fall for this - beware of people bearing gifts!

There is a new and clever credit card scam. Please circulate this. Someone it happened to says it works like this:

Wednesday a week ago, I had a phone call from someone who said that he was from some outfit called: "Express Couriers" asking if I was going to be home because there was a package for me, and the caller said that the delivery would arrive at my home in roughly an hour. And sure enough, about an hour later, a uniformed delivery man turned up with a beautiful basket of flowers and wine. I was very surprised since it did not involve any special occasion or holiday, and I certainly didn't expect anything like it. Intrigued about who would send me such a gift, I inquired as to who the sender is. The delivery man's reply was, he was only delivering the gift package, but allegedly a card was being sent separately; (the card has never arrived!). There was also a consignment note with the gift.

He then went on to explain that because the gift contained alcohol, there was a $3.50 "delivery charge" as proof that he had actually delivered the package to an adult, and not just left it on the doorstep where it could be stolen or taken by anyone.

This sounded logical and I offered to pay him cash. He then said that the company required the payment to be by credit or debit card only so that everything is properly accounted for.

My husband, who by this time was standing beside me, pulled his wallet out of his pocket with the credit/debit card, and 'John', the "delivery man", asked my husband to swipe the card on the small mobile card machine which had a small screen and keypad where Frank was also asked to enter the card's PIN and security number. A receipt was printed out and given to us.

To our horrible surprise, between Thursday and the following Monday, $4,000 had been charged/withdrawn from our credit/debit account at various ATM machines.

It appeared that somehow the "mobile credit card machine" which the delivery man carried now had all the info necessary to create a "dummy" card with all our card details after my husband swiped our card and entered the requested PIN and security number.

Upon finding out about the illegal transactions on our card, we immediately notified the bank which issued us the card, and our credit/debit account was closed.

We also personally went to the Police, where it was confirmed that it is definitely a scam because several households had been similarly hit.

WARNING: Be wary of accepting any "surprise gift or package", which you neither expected nor personally ordered, especially if it involves any kind of payment as a condition of receiving the gift or package. Also, never accept anything if you do not personally know or there is no proper identification of who the sender is.

Above all, the only time you should give out any personal credit/debit card information is when you yourself initiated the purchase or transaction!

If you pass this on, it may just prevent someone else from being swindled!

[Vasja]

У меня этот деливери мен пошёл бы со своей корзиной туда откуда пришёл.

[mrskhris]

Вам бы курс на работе устроить - отличать "письма счастья" от нормальной почты:

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/flowers-wine ... scam.shtml

[Stanislav]

У меня этот деливери мен пошёл бы со своей корзиной туда откуда пришёл.

Хм... у меня такое подозрение, что он пришел не оттуда, куда вы бы его послали...

[Проф. Преображенский]

У меня этот деливери мен пошёл бы со своей корзиной туда откуда пришёл.

Интересно, почему? Вы так с любым деливери поступаете? Не любите платить деньги (нет карточки?)? Шампанское и цветы расцениваете как фальшь? А как насчет бутылки водки?

[Vasja]

Не судите по себе, это про водку.
Я руководствуюсь принципом недоверия троянцам и помню про бесплатный сыр.
По-моему если кто-то посылает мне подарок, то он должен быть оплачен полностью, иначе это не подарок а головная боль

[levak]

Давайте ваш адрес Василиса и я пришлю вам полностью оплаченный подарок!

[Vims]

Давайте ваш адрес Василиса и я пришлю вам полностью оплаченный подарок!

наверное себя JK

[тортикабысейчас]

очень сложно. Такое долго не проживет, ибо delivery man рано или поздно засветится где-нибудь на камеру.

[Hairy Potter]

очень сложно. Такое долго не проживет, ибо delivery man рано или поздно засветится где-нибудь на камеру.

Кепку натянет на самые глаза, неделю не побреется - фиг на камере узнаешь. Я вон на работе из-за movember половину работников опознать не могу. Только по фальшивым улыбкам узнаю.

[Vasja]

Давайте ваш адрес Василиса и я пришлю вам полностью оплаченный подарок!

Он будет пахнуть?

[Sheen]

Какие-то прям высокотехнологичные скамеры пошли. А "голодающие" нигерийцы уделывают без всяких хитрых ридеров - Victoria woman bilked out of $88,000 in romance scam

[Stanislav]

Давайте ваш адрес Василиса и я пришлю вам полностью оплаченный подарок!

Он будет пахнуть?

Только не подумайте, что это будут французские духи!

[Stanislav]

Какие-то прям высокотехнологичные скамеры пошли. А "голодающие" нигерийцы уделывают без всяких хитрых ридеров - Victoria woman bilked out of $88,000 in romance scam

Нигерийцы учатся у хастингских скаммеров - те ежегодно раздевают казну на 65К каждый.