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  2. 'Card declined' scares online shoppers in latest scam to run ...

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    In another report to the BBB ScamTracker, a credit card company immediately alerted another online shopper that charges for $2,500 were declined. The consumer never attempted to spend that kind of ...

  3. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    The preferred method of payment in a technical support scam is via gift cards. [41] Gift cards are favoured by scammers because they are readily available to buy and have less consumer protections in place that could allow the victim to reclaim their money back. Additionally, the usage of gift cards as payment allows the scammers to extract ...

  4. Phishing - Wikipedia

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    Early phishing techniques can be traced back to the 1990s, when black hat hackers and the warez community used AOL to steal credit card information and commit other online crimes. The term "phishing" is said to have been coined by Khan C. Smith, a well-known spammer and hacker, [ 51 ] and its first recorded mention was found in the hacking tool ...

  5. Friendly fraud - Wikipedia

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    Again, the use of card security codes [8] can show that the cardholder (or, in the case of the three-digit security codes written on the backs of U.S. credit cards, someone with physical possession of the card or at least knowledge of the number and the code) was present, but even the entry of a security code at purchase does not by itself ...

  6. Hornets apologize after pretending to give child PS5 and ...

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    The child will receive the PS5, as well as a VIP experience at a future game. The Hornets' full statement : During last night's game there was an on-court skit that missed the mark.

  7. Carding (fraud) - Wikipedia

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    Carding is a term of the trafficking and unauthorized use of credit cards. [1] The stolen credit cards or credit card numbers are then used to buy prepaid gift cards to cover up the tracks. [2] Activities also encompass exploitation of personal data, [3] and money laundering techniques. [4]

  8. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish Prisoner scam—and its modern variant, the advance-fee scam or "Nigerian letter scam"—involves enlisting the mark to aid in retrieving some stolen money from its hiding place. The victim sometimes believes they can cheat the con artists out of their money, but anyone trying this has already fallen for the essential con by ...

  9. Isabella Strahan Shares Bikini Pics from Bahamas 1 Year After ...

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    Isabella Strahan is living life to the fullest over a year after being diagnosed and treated for a malignant brain tumor.. The model, 20, shared photos of herself and her sister Sophia from The ...