[Fredslist] Re: Their Hands are in Your Pockets

[Howard Lipset]

   Their hands are in your pockets.  Whose hands?  The scammers.

>
> How do they try to get there?  The Internet is the first obvious way.
>
> They are always phishing for your personal information.  Through direct
> emails, telling you that you are a winner, or that there is a package
> waiting for you, or through cleverly disguised emails using a bank’s
> stationery or even the stationery of the Internal Revenue Service.
>
> The IRS will never contact you via email.  And neither will the security
> department of your bank.  Do not respond to these emails.  Print them and
> forward them to the real IRS and bank involved.
>
> But what if you get a phone call at home from your bank claiming that
> there is a problem with your credit card?  Don’t answer the questions from
> that person.  Hang up, get your credit card and call back the phone number
> on the card.  Ask if there was a problem that they would have been
> contacting you about.  If no, report the phone call.  If yes, resolve the
> problem.
>
>
> --
> Howard Lipset
> Open House
> www.progressivemanage.com
>
>
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