Bob Holmstrom reported this credit card scam through one of our publishers. I did notice in this report, that there's no mention of the person contacted giving out their credit card number over the phone. I suspect the scammer already had it, especially considering the breakdown in security that has occurred in recent months (at CardService International as an example).

One of our employees was called on Wednesday from "VISA", and I was called on Thursday from "MasterCard".

The scam works like this: Person calling says, "This is (name), and I'm calling from the Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My Badge number is 12460 Your card has been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I'm calling to verify. This would be on your VISA card which was issued by name of bank). Did you purchase an Anti-Telemarketing Device for $497.99 from a Marketing company based in Arizona?" When you say "No", the caller continues with, "Then we will be issuing a credit to your account."

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This scam may catch the frequent seller on Ebay. The question is not out of the ordinary and it comes via email like this: "Hello , I have bid on your item , can you please contact me and tell me how much is shipping to zip code 92110 ? Thank you very much for your response." If you're not on top of your Item numbers, you might get stung.
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Here's one targeted at E-Gold users. The ploy is that the sender wants you to execute a special program attached to the email. Doing so will infect your computer with the PWS-Banker.k.gen trojan. Expected result is to lose the funds in your E-Gold account and I'd expect it'd manage to get other sensitive information from your computer.
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