Heads up: Another scam to obtain your credit card information
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Heads up: Another scam to obtain your credit card information
This was reported by our local television consumer reporter. I'm not usually alarmist, and I am sometimes skeptical when I see the word "scam", but this one may be real:
http://tinyurl.com/y2gd7mz
http://tinyurl.com/y2gd7mz
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Betsy - I don't doubt your link is useful. But I make a practice of NEVER clicking on a link unless I can see the URL or know what the website is.
I use tinyurl too - but when posting one I'll give some hint of where it leads . . .
I use tinyurl too - but when posting one I'll give some hint of where it leads . . .
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For most, common sense would avoid a scam of this type.
If there was any problem with your "credit card information", it would have been detected at check-in when it was scanned.
Otherwise, who would give ANYONE such information on the phone. If I got a call like that, I'd return to the front desk.
If there was any problem with your "credit card information", it would have been detected at check-in when it was scanned.
Otherwise, who would give ANYONE such information on the phone. If I got a call like that, I'd return to the front desk.
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Thanks for posting this. I can see how this may work. Sometimes if you're tired, just off of a long flight, common sense is already taking a nap.
How ofter do we see people doing silly things, like leaving purses in shopping carts while common sense is in the next aisle?
How ofter do we see people doing silly things, like leaving purses in shopping carts while common sense is in the next aisle?
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