http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/12/10/phishing-vishing-and-smishing-oh-my/ The best Credit Card Debt Blog online Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:38:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/12/10/phishing-vishing-and-smishing-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-40230 Kari Schindler Tue, 12 May 2009 10:57:50 +0000 http://masteryourcard.com/blog/?p=477#comment-40230 I got one of these, however I got it in the mail. The letter came with a check stating the check was for paying the taxes on the rest of the money. One of the really big red flags from these is they use the name of a real bank however when you look at the address for the bank the city name is spelled wrong. The PO BOX is correct the bank is real but the city name is spelled wrong. Another red flag is the fact that you can't find anything on the internet about the trust company. Who is KOSMOS TRUST? I got one of these, however I got it in the mail. The letter came with a check stating the check was for paying the taxes on the rest of the money. One of the really big red flags from these is they use the name of a real bank however when you look at the address for the bank the city name is spelled wrong. The PO BOX is correct the bank is real but the city name is spelled wrong. Another red flag is the fact that you can’t find anything on the internet about the trust company. Who is KOSMOS TRUST?

]]> http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/12/10/phishing-vishing-and-smishing-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-9992 colin syme Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:04:20 +0000 http://masteryourcard.com/blog/?p=477#comment-9992 Yes, l receive these all the time, l have yet to meet anyone who has fallen for them however. The scam which does seem to work is the one delivered by the postal service,(l used to work for Royal Mail UK) and noticed how elderly and vulnerable folk were targeted. l discovered that postal sevices all over the world are guilty of encouraging this as they are great money spinners for them. The countries involved are Canada,Australia,Poland,Malta,and Nigeria. Yes, l receive these all the time, l have yet to meet anyone who has fallen for them however. The scam which does seem to work is the one delivered by the postal service,(l used to work for Royal Mail UK) and noticed how elderly and vulnerable folk were targeted. l discovered that postal sevices all over the world are guilty of encouraging this as they are great money spinners for them. The countries involved are Canada,Australia,Poland,Malta,and Nigeria.

]]> http://masteryourcard.com/blog/2008/12/10/phishing-vishing-and-smishing-oh-my/comment-page-1/#comment-9989 Aya @ Thrive Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:34:53 +0000 http://masteryourcard.com/blog/?p=477#comment-9989 Sometimes I'm worried that no matter how savvy we may be, there are too many scams out there that it's inevitable to fall into their traps. It's unfortunate for many reasons, but one reason in particular is that we become so skeptical of everything that we can't even trust those that provide genuine offers. We've started on a series on our blog about "shady financial advice" on our blog as well, and we've been trying to keep an eye out on specific scams that we should watch out for. http://blog.justthrive.com/2008/12/shady-financial-advice-as-seen-on-the-web-episode-1/ Sometimes I’m worried that no matter how savvy we may be, there are too many scams out there that it’s inevitable to fall into their traps. It’s unfortunate for many reasons, but one reason in particular is that we become so skeptical of everything that we can’t even trust those that provide genuine offers.
We’ve started on a series on our blog about “shady financial advice” on our blog as well, and we’ve been trying to keep an eye out on specific scams that we should watch out for.
http://blog.justthrive.com/2008/12/shady-financial-advice-as-seen-on-the-web-episode-1/

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