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| From | Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.ipad |
| Subject | Re: Has your credit card number been compromised? |
| Date | 2012-04-14 02:38 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <jmanu8$iup$3@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <_cCdnVsAhNcvARXSnZ2dnUVZ_oydnZ2d@giganews.com> <pgk41jup7f.fsf@ethel.the.log> |
Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> writes: > >> On 2012-04-13 17:10 , Carl Heinz wrote: >>> On 13 Apr 2012 13:14:46 -0700, Doug Anderson<ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I get genuine calls from my credit card company asking to verify >>>> charges they think are suspicious. Usually the charges are >>>> legitimate, but not always. They don't have to ask me for my card >>>> number, SS number or anything else to verify the charges. >>> >>> I tell the caller that I'll call back using the number I have for the card. >> >> Exactly. Been there. > > That's a senible strategy of course (though it wouldn't work for > Erilar since he hangs up on them immediately). > > But is it necessary? What my credit card company does is identify > themselves and then asks if my name is indeed what it is, and then > asks me if I've the charge for amount $X at merchant Y is legitimate. > > How does my answer to such a question give someone who _isn't_ my > credit card company any opportunity to scam me? That's not the kind of question they ask me on the ones I hang up on. And for those who haven't heard, I'm not a he. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad
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Has your credit card number been compromised? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-11 08:28 -0700
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Re: Has your credit card number been compromised? Brian <bclark@es.co.nz> - 2012-04-12 03:06 +0000
Re: Has your credit card number been compromised? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-04-11 20:32 -0700
Re: Has your credit card number been compromised? Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2012-04-13 18:10 +0000
Re: Has your credit card number been compromised? Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-04-13 13:14 -0700
Re: Has your credit card number been compromised? Carl Heinz <cfheinz57@charter.net> - 2012-04-13 14:10 -0700
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Re: Has your credit card number been compromised? Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2012-04-13 17:33 -0700
Re: Has your credit card number been compromised? Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2012-04-14 02:38 +0000
Re: Has your credit card number been compromised? Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2012-04-14 02:38 +0000
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Re: Has your credit card number been compromised? Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2012-04-15 21:05 +0000
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