New Phishing Scam

draggar · #1 02-07-2010, 04:25 PM

I've been getting these emails and they are obviously a scam:

Quote:

Dear VISA card holder,

A recent review of your transaction history determined that your card was used at an ATM located in Seychelles, but for security reasons the requested transaction was refused. You need to complete the VISA Card Holder Form You can do this by clicking the link below:

(links removed)

VISA Cards Support

RF: 505BK7KYV898FGNM5R8GWXKYC34HDX49T7MTAJM0KE1607G0

This is a scam in so many ways. The link, while shows visa.com when you look at the actual link it is:

visa.com.udaswy.cz

I highly doubt Visa packed up and moved to the Czech republic (hence the .cz) plus I highly doubt their local office there would be contacting me.

I've forwarded it to abuse@visa.com and fraud@visa.com

They show the typical scammer "Your account 4XXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX" blah blah blah - I think most, if not all, Visa cards begin with 4 (plus the email address it was sent to isn't linked to my Visa account).

BookstoreEscapee · #2 02-07-2010, 05:25 PM

I haven't seen that one. The only Visa card I have is my bank debit card with the Visa logo...if it were used fraudulently and they caught it, I would expect to hear from my bank, not Visa. I use that to get cash from the ATM once every week or two, and that's about it. I have a MasterCard that I haven't used in years and do not keep with me (it is in my files at home and the newest one is probably not even activated), a Discover that I use for pretty much everything so if anything were odd on that one I would notice when the bill came, and an Old Navy card that I only use when I shop Old Navy online or if I have a coupon that requires me to use that card.

Nurian · #3 02-07-2010, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Quoth draggar

They show the typical scammer "Your account 4XXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX" blah blah blah - I think most, if not all, Visa cards begin with 4 (plus the email address it was sent to isn't linked to my Visa account).

All Visas begin with a 4, Mastercards with 5, Discovers with 6 and Amex with (I believe) 3.

Good catch, BTW.

BookstoreEscapee · #4 02-07-2010, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Quoth Nurian

All Visas begin with a 4, Mastercards with 5, Discovers with 6 and Amex with (I believe) 3.

Good catch, BTW.

Also, every correspondence I get from my credit cards (which are never through email), says "Your account ending with XXXX." The only place the full number appears is the actual bill, I believe. I don't know if that's a universal practice, but it has been that way for several different accounts over the years.

Dips · #5 02-08-2010, 05:05 PM

Moving this to the Life Advice forum since it fits better here as "advice offered."

Flying Grype · #6 02-08-2010, 05:20 PM

I got something like this -- about an account at a bank that I don't use, to an email address that I don't have attached to any bank accounts. Reported promptly.

Seshat · #7 02-09-2010, 01:39 AM

Stock advice:

When contacted regarding your private business, and asked for personal information, always get the details and tell the person contacting you that you'll call back.

Then get the CORRECT number for the appropriate agency: from the phone book, from a previous bill, from the back of your credit card, wherever. NOT from the person calling.

If they're legit, they won't mind one bit, and the details they provided you will let reception connect you to them.

If they're not, they'll try to discourage you from doing this - and any details you can worm out of them will help the fraud department.