Warning - I received a fraudulent request Email - Page 2

09-04-06, 12:28 PM

Another hint is that a legitimate email will not have a link in it asking you to go to their site. most of them stopped doing it that way because of this. if there is a link, ignore it and go to the site the normal way that you do. i even get these from banks i dont have account at.

benots4 · 09-04-06, 12:56 PM

Once I was setting up a "wire Transfer" from my bank to my daughters bank(at college). Durring the process I was told that the bank would call to verify. About a week later I get a call from my bank and they asked for my account number to verify the transaction. I asked the guy how do I know he was from the bank. He said "Uh good question." And gave me a number to call. I called it and it was the bank but they did not know what to do and told me I could not set up a wire transfer account on line, that I would have to go to a bank to do it. A couple of days latter I checked the wire transfer status and it had changed from Approval Required to Active.

cbs01 · 09-04-06, 12:56 PM

I get at least one of these emails a week from Paypal, eBay or Citibank (never been a member of Citibank). Another way to tell that these email messages are legit, is that they will put your name in the email. If you see Dear Sir/Madame, you know it is not legit. If you see Dear "insert you name here", then you can tell it is from them. Even still, never click on a link in email. Always go directly to their site by typing address on browser.

Dave Kennedy · 09-04-06, 01:00 PM

I got an automated call on 9/1 from Capital One about a charge on my account. They stated that this was not a solicitation call and to have my credit card number ready. "DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER!!!,

flashed through my mind, so I blew them off.

I had the card, but I never activated it as the deal wasn't as good as the commercial said. Three more automated calls later, and some bugging from my wife, I figured what the heck. I got through a rather extended phone tree and finally got to a real person, who didn't seem to have an Indian accent, and we sorted it out. It seems that somebody tried to buy nearly $1900 worth of clothing on my "yet-to-be-activated" Capital One card in Carlsbad, CA. Go figure. The account is now history along with the micro-chip sized pieces of my credit card.

benots4 · 09-04-06, 01:13 PM

Even worse, I recieved through the mail a letter from a credit card company saying my credit card had been disapproved and that I should call. I did call and the operator started to verify my information but it did not. They had my name address and telephone number but not my bank account or SS. She wanted to know who in Vermont I knew that would be applying for a credit card. I kept trying to get it through to her that I did not apply for this credit card and she finally said uh oh. She said she was going to turn it into their fraud department.

A couple of weeks later I tried one of those free credit report things and the account was not there. Then those bastards started charging me $12 a month to monitor my credit. I called and argued with the guy to close the account, he was very persistant. $12 a month to send you an email when you credit gets pinged? Are they out of their mine? Then contacted my credit card company to get my 12 bucks back! Now I see I have a credit for two 12 fees and there is still a 12 charge! What a pain. I think we should treat these people like Horse Theives!!!!