I had someone try to do an online purchase from Nordstrom for almost $900, and Bank of America denied it. They then contacted me, and asked if I had authorized it, as it was a suspicious purchase. I clicked on No, and then contacted the fraud department. I thank the gentleman for B of A declining it. So now I have to notify any company that has an auto debit on that card.
That made me extra careful about what comes in from text messages. This one arrived today, and I don’t remember going in for a competition, and there is nothing on my WalMart account to say that I have won anything.
You can still have your credit card on you, and somehow these scam artists manage to either get the card number, or into your account. I immediately changed my password.
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I have received those emails from Wal-Mart, also. I delete them and then delete them from my Delete folder. Crazy stuff out there…
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The one to watch for is when they pretend to be a bank and phone and ask you to confirm number two and four of your pin and then say sorry there was a problem with that let’s try number one and three, a very crafty way of getting your four number pin! You can’t trust anyone nowadays, I have had the bank phone me and I ring off and I call them back just to be on the safe side because the criminals can now make the correct number of the bank show up on your phone even though they are obviously phoning from another number. I do online banking and to log in I have to put my name, my 8 digit id number, then my 5 digit pass number , then I am asked to select 2 letters from my 6 digit password and if I haven’t been logging on in for a while they ask for a further, the last 5 numbers from my debit card and the 3 digit pin on the back of the card. It’s lucky I have a reasonable memory, Lord knows how you get on with this if you start to get Dementia!
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Those creeps come up with a new trick every day!
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It is amazing how often these things happen. Sadly, I think where there is a scammers will there is a way. I’m glad you saw through it.
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The Rats!!!!
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It never ceases to amaze me. We still have a landline, Susie, and the amount of scam callers is horrific. I let all calls go to the message bank these days. Saves me heaps of time!
As an aside – I’d like to let the landline go, but Keith wants to hang on to it for a while longer… !!!
xoxoxo
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Sure is
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That’s hilarious. I would be crying with laughter.
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Certainly do
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I kept mine until a couple of weeks ago to ensure everyone that is on my list ha been notified. I never answered it, but Len would average a couple of hundred calls. It drove me crazy
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Yes, I remember that post. I thought then – I wonder how much longer Keith will want to keep it. Hopefully, not much longer…
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Sadly they are very clever and very convincing and catch a lot of people out.
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good info thanks
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It pays to be careful. I recently had a bogus purchase on my card. Everything was taken care of so my account is in good standing with a new card.
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Just annoying that I have to change direct debits to another card, as it will take awhile to get another one.
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We have to ignore everyone, and if we really did win it’s better to not accept or acknowledge it.
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The house is so peaceful now, and I hate to say it, but not hearing Len’s voice on the machine will help in the long run
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I would rather miss something rather than get screwed.
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“not hearing Len’s voice on the machine will help in the long run.”
Yes, Susie, I agree. 💖
xoxoxo
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I agree
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It was hard to do, but the spam calls never stopped
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