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Thread ID: 113162 2010-10-07 22:03:00 Scam Banking Phone Call Trev (427) PC World Chat
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1142479 2010-10-07 22:03:00 Just had a scam banking phone call from a person of Indian descent saying he was from my bank and saying that my bank had been overcharging me on fees for the last 30 years. I will skip all the details here. After talking to me for 5 mins he said he had to put me onto his supervisor whom wanted to know my Credit Card number. He knew the first 5 numbers and wanted me to give him the rest. He twice asked me for the rest of the numbers and after I refused he said the call is now terminated and hung up. I strait away rung my bank who have noted all this down on my records.
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Trev (427)
1142480 2010-10-07 22:19:00 Good for you Trev.

30 years wow!

They need the money for the Games no doubt, very poor attendances.

The late Mother Teressa would be upset about holding the games in her City.

Lurking.
Lurking (218)
1142481 2010-10-07 22:46:00 I more or less posted this as a warning for others, but most here are pretty savvy to this sort of thing.
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Trev (427)
1142482 2010-10-07 22:58:00 It is not hard to guess the first few numbers of a credit card as they are common to thousands of other cards from the same credit card supplier. There is no need to be alarmed as you did not supply any other information. Your account has not been compromised in any way, they were only using information that is common knowledge. Safari (3993)
1142483 2010-10-07 23:01:00 Ive been called a couple times by an indian selling travel discounts, they knew the first 5 numbers of my credit card number too and wanted the rest of the numbers "for verification". jareemon (5207)
1142484 2010-10-07 23:06:00 Got a phone call last night from Las Vegas with Yank accent and all saying I had won a jackpot. Snorkbox (15764)
1142485 2010-10-07 23:26:00 The late Mother Teressa would be upset about holding the games in her City.Sorry to be a pedant (not!) but Mother Teresa did her stuff in Calcutta. Tony (4941)
1142486 2010-10-07 23:30:00 What was the bank out of interest? psycik (12851)
1142487 2010-10-07 23:42:00 any incoming calls that's not in my phone book gets ignored... SKT174 (1319)
1142488 2010-10-08 00:44:00 What was the bank out of interest?
They were masquerading as being from the ANZ.
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Trev (427)
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