I got this email at 10:25 am. Thinking it may be from T-Mobile because I was expecting a print out I pulled it up. I came up with what appeared to be official Norton LifeLock. It said $299.00 had been changed to my debit card to renew for another 2yrs. I've never had life lock so thinking someone may be using my card to pay for their security. How ironic would that be. Call this # if I wanted to cancel. I did it came up Pikesville MD. Near Baltimore MD. # was unavailable. Called credit union cancelled debit card n called Capital one to check. Lady at Capitol one said if you get n email like that make sure your full name is on it. Most phishing only has your email address. Be careful Y'all. Hackers need to be hacked n not electronically 👍
Grizzly 17 wrote:
I got this email at 10:25 am. Thinking it may be from T-Mobile because I was expecting a print out I pulled it up. I came up with what appeared to be official Norton LifeLock. It said $299.00 had been changed to my debit card to renew for another 2yrs. I've never had life lock so thinking someone may be using my card to pay for their security. How ironic would that be. Call this # if I wanted to cancel. I did it came up Pikesville MD. Near Baltimore MD. # was unavailable. Called credit union cancelled debit card n called Capital one to check. Lady at Capitol one said if you get n email like that make sure your full name is on it. Most phishing only has your email address. Be careful Y'all. Hackers need to be hacked n not electronically 👍
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When you call bank they will tell you if the charges happened or not. Many times the email is to get you to call and that is when they end up with MORE of your information so they can really rip you off.
Call bank first. I know you already have.
I got a call from an outfit about 2 months ago that said I had been hacked and to call this number right away. Called my bank and they said someone had tried to use my card for 98 cents and then for 1.99 somewhere else. Canceled my card immediately and I did have to call that other number. Got everything straightened up right away. Just had to wait for a new card but I am glad they are monitoring it
I’ll loan you my axe 🪓 Grizz. 👍😁
It is better to just delete suspicious texts and emails as they may just be phishing as previously stated. If it WAS important the party will reach out again.
Thanks for the warning, Griz. My bank moniters very well, let me know imediately. If something wrong has gone through they get it back. Just a hassle......98cents? What were they thinking?
What the bad guys are doing is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Each scrap of information that they can get is another piece of the puzzle. They don't need the whole puzzle to be complete before they can see what the picture is.
When I get a message notifying me of something like that with a number to call so that I can sort it out, even if it really looks legit I investigate in other ways before calling the number. I'll open another browser window and log on to my account, and look there for any odd transactions or messages or alerts. If there's nothing there, the email I got must be a hoax. If you want to call your bank, look up their number and use that - not the one in the email.
Maid Marion wrote:
Thanks for the warning, Griz. My bank moniters very well, let me know imediately. If something wrong has gone through they get it back. Just a hassle......98cents? What were they thinking?
The crime syndicates try .02 cents and .05 cents etc. to test if they figured out the numbers on the face of your cards then they know they have the credit card numbers. Then they will use them for 1000 or more dollars on a website or physical location that only wants the basic card number.
That is why you have to give expiration date. The 3 digit code on back etc.
The small amounts are only to test if they found a REAL Credit Card number.
Barnacles wrote:
What the bad guys are doing is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Each scrap of information that they can get is another piece of the puzzle. They don't need the whole puzzle to be complete before they can see what the picture is.
When I get a message notifying me of something like that with a number to call so that I can sort it out, even if it really looks legit I investigate in other ways before calling the number. I'll open another browser window and log on to my account, and look there for any odd transactions or messages or alerts. If there's nothing there, the email I got must be a hoax. If you want to call your bank, look up their number and use that - not the one in the email.
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Exactly Barney
I had many fraud attempts on my Govt CCard . I finally asked why was there a ton of .05 cent declines etc. the bank explained it more in detail. Like you said. Jigsaw puzzle. The phone calls and emails texts or whatever can easily be to get the final bit of information. If they can hack into your cellphone provider to get your ccard ir any one of the other puzzle pieces that is why they do it.
I didn’t and won’t know about declines. When a nickel is declined we as the cardholders do not know about it. But once they get declines they know part of the puzzle… the credit card number.
A real crook that works somewhere can use some of that information to purchase something from where they work. Then do return for cash. That’s another reason most merchants will not return cash if you use a CC. When the return happens a crook could get even more of the information.
Many times the crooks work somewhere and collect all the information from their paperwork daily.
Jeremy you are exactly right. When I called my bank they explained it the same way. Just glad they are on their toes and caught it
Jeremy wrote:
When you call bank they will tell you if the charges happened or not. Many times the email is to get you to call and that is when they end up with MORE of your information so they can really rip you off.
Call bank first. I know you already have.
Jeremy that was first thing I did. Had credit union shut that card down then called Capital one to be aware. Wife ignore a charge she wasn't sure of did nothing nx thing she had 6 or so. All charges $30/$50. She got some back but not all 👍
Uh oh. I get called and letters from Bank and they say what’s going on. Glad you caught on to it. Makes no sense to not get all of it back. You can dispute charges that you didn’t do.
Grizzly 17 wrote:
I got this email at 10:25 am. Thinking it may be from T-Mobile because I was expecting a print out I pulled it up. I came up with what appeared to be official Norton LifeLock. It said $299.00 had been changed to my debit card to renew for another 2yrs. I've never had life lock so thinking someone may be using my card to pay for their security. How ironic would that be. Call this # if I wanted to cancel. I did it came up Pikesville MD. Near Baltimore MD. # was unavailable. Called credit union cancelled debit card n called Capital one to check. Lady at Capitol one said if you get n email like that make sure your full name is on it. Most phishing only has your email address. Be careful Y'all. Hackers need to be hacked n not electronically 👍
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If you think it’s suspicious, click on the email title. In your case it would be Norton. It will bring you to another screen that shows the true email address. I get them all the time. Once I determine it’s bogus I block it. On another note, when you see a letter in your mail from a bank, don’t just throw it away. I opened one recently thanking me for applying for a new card and it would be arriving in a week. Called the number and low and behold. Some a-hole tried to open an account in my name. It was stopped and reported.
Mooseman65 wrote:
I’ll loan you my axe 🪓 Grizz. 👍😁
LOL it's probably around here somewhere. Will you settle for a machete 😂😂
FourchonLa. wrote:
If you think it’s suspicious, click on the email title. In your case it would be Norton. It will bring you to another screen that shows the true email address. I get them all the time. Once I determine it’s bogus I block it. On another note, when you see a letter in your mail from a bank, don’t just throw it away. I opened one recently thanking me for applying for a new card and it would be arriving in a week. Called the number and low and behold. Some a-hole tried to open an account in my name. It was stopped and reported.
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Four alot of that goes on. The world is full of people we don't need. Make hacking punishable by loss of limbs or life. We terminate other parisites 🤬🤬
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