Credit-card scam - Please read

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I appreciate being made aware of any scams that are (potentially) out there, you never know when this information will come in handy.

Thanks for the bump.

[CookMySock]

Best rule of thumb if any financial institution calls and asks for information is to ask for their reference number, hang up, and call back on their 0800 number. I do it every time.

Look up that 0800 number in the phone book.

The interesting part is that the scammer has already got your card number, your name and your phone number- how did they get that info?

They bought it from a botnet operator. The botnet operator installed a virus on your PC and a plug-in in your browser to collect this, and other information. This is what viruses are for.
http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/

Or if you want all the gory details, skip across the technical stuff and read below. Be prepared to be shocked.
http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmw...endar.20080507

To me, it's just another hoax chain-letter email.

No no, it's very real.

I hid myself in a botnet chatroom once, and watched page after page or credit card details, newly compromised *nix webservers, new virus installs, criminal business being done.. I was a strange, surreal, and sickening feeling.

And people, please ditch internet explorer right now and use Firefox. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

DB

[Devil]

While this particular issue is quite real, why the hell do they need to write an essay on the fucking thing? Surely bullet points would make it into the minds of the intended recipients!

[avgas]

http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/[/url]

Thats some interesting reading. Mind due in saying that its also quite easy to crash an SQL database. as i managed to do at work more than once.
Seems SQL has not problem completely overwriting whole sections of a database.
Certainly F'ed up our Goldmine, thanks mySQL :P

[CookMySock]

Thats some interesting reading. Mind due in saying that its also quite easy to crash an SQL database. as i managed to do at work more than once. Seems SQL has not problem completely overwriting whole sections of a database.

Isn't it fascinating. If you discover virus activity, /j #shadowserver and tell them about it, and they will involve you in the process. Read up on sandboxing and stuff and you can have a play. Awesome.

I have only had problems with MySQL once, and I asked it to fix itself, and it did. End of problem.

DB

[Number One]

Crikey - technical PC talk....

WOOOSH!

[BASS-TREBLE]

Bump.

I wa sjust gonna post this but I see it already has.

[Street Gerbil]

Can't wait for the call. When asked whether I purchased whatever I am not supposed to, I will say, "yes I did". It will probably confuse the hell out of them :-)))))

[Skyryder]

I've only struck something like this once way way back. I let the speil continue then asked for their phone number so I could call them back. They hung up immedialtly.


Skyryder

[mstriumph]

Can't wait for the call. When asked whether I purchased whatever I am not supposed to, I will say, "yes I did". It will probably confuse the hell out of them :-)))))

LOVE IT!!!

[howdamnhard]

Thanks for the warning, easy one to fall for.