Date:         Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:26:07 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: legitimate scam warning (NVC)
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>I verified this scam warning at snopes.com -
>http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/creditcard.asp - and it is legit, not
>an urban legend.  So this is worth reading.

Yep... NEVER give your card number (or any part thereof), PIN number,
password etc to ANYONE who asks for it over the phone or by e-mail.
PayPal & eBay will never ask for such details, though I frequently
get such requests, often looking JUST like real messages from the
outfits, and I always forward them to <spoof@...>, and alowys get a
"Yes, this is a scam" reply.

And never give ANY details, even to genuine folk, over a cordless
phone (including cellphones, satphones). These phones are radios.
There are LOTS of people out there with scanners (which should be
illegal, as there is NO honest purpose for anyone to be sitting
listening to one of these), and if they hear your details they can
pull a fast one on you. I had a conversation (a butter argument with
my wife) over my cordless at work  overheard by a nosy bastard in our
taxi company who was listening in with his scanner, and the argument
was all over the company a day later (resulted in legal threats).

WATCH IT!
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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