who says ...
The bank fraud is now spreading through the Internet. Here's a message I received recently:
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bank fraud confirmed by the Surete du Quebec
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Please, forward this message to as many people. This is confirmed by the Surete du Quebec.
There is currently a new kind of credit card fraud which great concern to authorities. Fraudsters phone at home and pose as an agent of the company your credit card. They you say now, there are unusual transactions that do on your card and want to check the number of your credit card .
These people turn YOUR REAL CARD NUMBER and they'll tell the phone so you confirm it. Then they ask you the 3 SMALL NUMBERS there on the back of your card. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE THESE NUMBERS !
These small numbers are there precisely to avoid fraud. the police do not understand what happens, but please be careful! If you have a display, watch it or ask the phone number to the person saying that you remember. Then call the police and your company credit to warn them that there are fraudsters who possess your card number and give them as much information as possible.
careful and forward this message to warn your friends ...
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This message is not from the Surete Quebec:
http://www.suretequebec.gouv.qc.ca/accueil/communiques.html
This is misinformation.
careful not to disclose the 3 new figures added to the back of your credit cards! Sure, but who will we ask?
Those who have recently ordered on the Internet verified: 3 new figures appear to be well on the back of our credit cards. In French, these figures are called "security code". They
we are now required on most payment sites on the web. It is indeed to strengthen the security of our transactions that have been added.
The main reason seems to be that the crafty have "broken" the algorithm to encrypt the credit card numbers. Therefore, they can automatically generate valid card numbers!
As long as it has no chance and that is our number comes out!
Upon receipt of the mail, it is therefore right to worry, but ... There is no relationship between this credit card number and your name, let alone your phone number. Therefore, it is impossible that someone calls you to ask that!
Moreover, in Quebec, not only the legal liability for fraud MAXIMUM is $ 50, but companies Visa and MasterCard ensures that in case of fraud, you will not be charged. Nothing! Nada! Bugger! Zero! Zip!
More generally, do NOT provide a number, code or cryptogram credit card to anyone (except, of course, if you make a purchase online or by phone and you are absolutely sure of your partner, who will unfortunately be dishonest).
This message is a hoax designed to frighten us, it is based on a fault fraud is real but, in practice, unworkable on a large scale, as tends to make us believe the message. The danger of this type of hoax is precisely to suggest that an extremely marginal and ad hoc practice becomes widespread and frequent.
Delete this email upon receipt in order to prevent its spread.
ref.: http://www.hoaxbuster.com/hoaxliste/hoax_message.php?idArticle=19685
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