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SCAM ALERT -- Adele Services
posted by GJ on December 3, 2008 @ 8:04AM
Watch your credit and debit card statements carefully. I'm hearing quite a bit about some itty bitty charges (about $0.21) showing up on people's statements in late November from Adele Services. In all likelyhood, this is a scam-one where the scammer compromised a CC machine and is bouncing many random card numbers against the CC processors. They use this tiny amount because it probably matches the credit fee so the transaction amount will show as zero to the company being compromised. However, it's just the start of the fun for you, should this occur on one of your cards. Next, they will get a list of good, active numbers based on which card numbers accepted a charge, and sell that to the highest bidder. Bingo--shortly thereafter, the multi-hundred dollar charges will start rolling in. So, if you have such a charge on any of your accounts, I strongly suggest you close the affected accounts immediately.
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