MadMonkey Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Dateline is running a great serious on this right now. I never new they could be so creative, especially with stolen credit cards.Part two is next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayvonTCO Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 I think I was a victim of phishing what should I do now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomassl Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Dateline is running a great serious on this right now. I never new they could be so creative, especially with stolen credit cards.Part two is next week.I saw that segment and it still only goes to show you if you are "gullible" you can be scammed into anything! The one thing I found interesting was that this man was sending all these packages at his own shipping expense and had never...and I mean NEVER...got a thing from this woman except empty promises and racey pictures. He had plan to marry this woman and was already married! I guess there are an awful lot of desperate people out there! It never ceases to amaze me how many times people are told about things like this, they always think they are the exception. As always, telling them over and over is like . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmuse00 Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Not to mention Chris Hansen looked like himself! How could he not have recognized him considering he had watched several of the "How to Catch a Predator" shows. I can tell it's Chris Hansen by the tone and sound of his voice plus all the questions he was asking would have made me suspicious. I don't think this man was the brightest of bulbs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmuse00 Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 I think I was a victim of phishing what should I do now?By who? I was a victim through our Amazon on-line business. Got sent an e-mail telling me to verify my info and I really thought it was from Amazon. After I verified I suddenly had this sinking feeling that something was wrong. I immediately contacted Amazon to see if they had sent me an email. They confirmed I had been scammed. First thing they suggested was change my password to protect my account then at that point placed faud alerts with all CRA's and cancelled credit card that was involved. I was lucky since I did it within 5 minutes of being scammed. Read the rest of these threads under "ID Theft" for other steps to take. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayvonTCO Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 The only thing I think I did was enter my social to see if I had an account with them which I did not. It was bank of america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmuse00 Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 Was it an e-mail from Bank of America? Were they asking you to verify your account information? I received an e-mail like this after what happened to me so I knew then that it could be a scam. Plus, I did not have an account with them but I believe they got my name through the free credit reports I was getting through their site at one time. I called and they confirmed that they did not send the e-mail and they asked me to forward the e-mail to their security/fraud dept for further research. Never ever verify your personal info by clicking on a link. Always call the institution to verify if they are in fact trying to contact you. Did you place a call to the social security office? It might be a good idea to call them and let them know your ss# might have been compromised. See what they think you should do. If nothing else, I still think a Fraud Alert on your credit reports would not hurt. You can always get them off after a while but this way you have peace of mind incase someone out there decides to use your ss#. I still have FA's on my reports and it has not affected my getting new cc's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willingtocope Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 I mentioned this link in another thread...http://www.bid4assets.com/auction/in...ctionid=305489In my opinion, this is just screaming "come and steal my info"...and its legal. I did email Dateline the link also. It will be interesting to see if its mentioned.I've been browsing to see if there are others...and I found, http://www.google.com/Top/Business/Financial_Services/Credit_and_Collection/Debt_Brokers/There has to be a law about this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahntara Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Okay, I'll bite and wait for the flames.I watched in absolute delight. The whole system of gathering, keeping and selling our information is ridiculous. Predicting future behavior based on past behavior is useless. At some point, the entire system is going to be too corrupt to be valid. When the data the record-keepers have is corrupted, the decisions based on that data CANNOT be good. The sooner we realize it, the better. Honestly, I think we are already there. We are just too mired in the underbrush to see it.How can any lending decision be accepted if the data the decision is based on is unreliable?I'm ready for the 'Fight Club' scenario! Throw out ALL the records and start over with some other criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willingtocope Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 IMO, except perhaps for mortgages (at least Prime mortgages) the whole credit scoring, record keeping, credit reporting gibberish is intentially set up the way it is. That's because its intent is to predict whether the money lenders will make money off you...not whether you'll pay them back. After all, the money they're lending is not theirs in the first place...its "borrowed" from other sources. What they want is the vigorish...You are probably right that eventually it will all come crashing down, but, the good ole american tax payer will be there to bail them out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bala Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 ....That's because its intent is to predict whether the money lenders will make money off you... Precisely. Any/every business, whether it is a small home office or gigantic Micro$oft, have a business model in order to make a profit off its customers. I prefer to call it making a living.....not whether you'll pay them back. After all, the money they're lending is not theirs in the first place...its "borrowed" from other sources. What they want is the vigorish... If the customer cannot pay it back, the business will go out of business. Unemployment would skyrocket and lead to another great depression. However, the vast majority of borrowers pay their debt. If this was not so, America would file for bankruptcy.Borrowed money is your money and your responsibility. Banks just borrow a lot more then you or me._________________Outsource congress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divemedic Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Making a living is fine, but when you manipulate data and collude to use unfair means to charge consumers more for your product, that is unfair and illegal. If you rob banks and call it "making a living" you are still robbing banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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