Anyone watch Dateline lastnight? (Identity Theft!)
DOR
Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
It wasn't on predators!But it was still pretty fucked up. Identity theft, Debit & Credit Card fraud. Shit was crazy.The start of the show, with real time footage of fraud going on was amazing. Within minutes, credit card limits reached.That dude who got suckered in by the "girl" to ship products for her, WOW.This show was sooo 
I just finished talking to a friend of mine who is in Paris right now. While she was gone, someone in Montreal took $2000 out of her account by debit (Even though she's got her debit card with her). She found out when she went to use her card there and found out her account was frozen. Had to borrow money from a friend.Everyone should be taking precautions.
I just finished talking to a friend of mine who is in Paris right now. While she was gone, someone in Montreal took $2000 out of her account by debit (Even though she's got her debit card with her). She found out when she went to use her card there and found out her account was frozen. Had to borrow money from a friend.Everyone should be taking precautions.
Comments
Such as? Did they cover that or just the "doom n gloom" ?
Keep your identity in a safety deposit box, or better yet, a Swiss bank account. That's how I roll, and I haven't had a problem yet.
But avoid hotel safes! i can't stress that enough. Next thing you know, some hotel maid is cracking your favorite jokes and screwing your girlfriend. Not a good look.
My bank was mad cool about it. I disputed all the charges and the money was back in my account the next day.
I think they are covering that in part 2, which is next Tuesday.
The show was really crazy tho. They start with hitting up IRC channels, selling credit card info for $5 bucks. Dateline was doing this with a credit card company and the company was doing in real time credit card charges from the cards. So for example:
1:30PM - Saying in the room they had working card numbers for sale.
1:31PM - Getting hit up by a bunch of different people wanted to buy the info.
1:45PM - Watching in real time the card getting charged around the world.
2:00PM - Cards credit limits hit.
The last half of the show was Dateline setting up a phony electronics company they would advertise in the chat rooms and then following where items would be shipped to.
One sucker who thought he was in love with a beautiful women, was accepting the items and shipping them to other parts of the world using his own money. Only to find out from Dateline that he was scammed.
The funny part was when he started telling Chris Hansen how you have to be careful about falling for someone on the Internet and goes into To Catch a Predator as an example, not realizing that he's talking to Chris Hansen. Talk about a sucker born every minute.
BUT, that sucker who was being wooed by some 'internet girlfriend' had a wife (according to the clip I saw on the Today Show with Hansen)and kids....sounded like he was scammed while scamming around himself! I feel more sorry for people who are just took while going about their daily biz, cyber pickpocketed!
I just ordered some shit from an HK pharmacy on line yesterday.
where is the karma in this story?
You might just want to man up and get your Viagra from your PCP.
well, I'm sleeping with her so it's a bit embarassing to ask.
Brings a whole new meaning to "Primary Care," doesn't it.
i did make copies of the fronts and backs of all my cards in my wallet, in the event that you have your wallet stolen or need that information you have it one place. just dont lose that paper or youre fucked.
I wish banks & CC companies offered an option of a txt to your cell phone or e-mails every time there was a transaction made. Even if they charged me 2-3 bucks a month, I'd still be down.
That's coming. I'd say within a year or so.
btw...
Deejay OM's "Reheated Naan & Curry" on Galapagos4[/b] (due out May 1st, 2007)
Washington Mutual was not the most helpful. I haven't had many problems with them as a bank, but the lady who helped me with this was lame. Victoria's secret actually called me to ask about the charges and they said that they couldn't give me the name and address of the person who made the order, but they could tell my bank. So I go into the bank and tell them this and give them the number and she says "well, uhhmm, ok I guess i could call if you want me to." I got all my money back, but I didn't have access to any of it for over a week.
If you buy shit online check that little padlock in the corner of your browser.
Quote of the year!!!!
Better yet, find out if your credit card company allows you to obtain virtual card numbers for internet purchases. These #'s, obtainable from participating card companies via their respective websites, allow you to indicate how much money is charged and when you want the card to expire.
How is this useful? Well, if a scammer obtains this virtual card # by hacking into a retailer's website, they would only be able to use it once, only for the amount you indicate, and only for the length of time you specified when requesting the # from your card company.
I swear by these after having my real card # stolen somehow and used to pay 39.99 USD monthly to some pron site via CCBill (look it up...seems like a lot of stolen #'s end up being used by them)... Since the amount was so small, I didn't notice the charges until the 3rd month after my real # was stolen.
SG
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17805134/