The spammers & scammers are definitely getting more aggressive and inventive these days. Saw on the news about a couple of black women who were stealing those VISA gift cards from stores, and then embossing them and programming the magetic stripe with the account and address info from hacked credit/bank account databases. And, this was not the first time that these women had been arrested for doing this, and they had about 40 cards with at least 4 different account/ID data on them.
The news warning is: Look at your monthly statement carefully before paying. My mother in law had her credit card info stolen and didn't know about it until she noticed that someone had bought over $100 worth of gas in another state when she was in Virginia for a vacation.
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Date: 2012-06-04 03:44 pm (UTC)The news warning is: Look at your monthly statement carefully before paying. My mother in law had her credit card info stolen and didn't know about it until she noticed that someone had bought over $100 worth of gas in another state when she was in Virginia for a vacation.