[pchelpers] Re: stupid scams

I have a friend that called Nigeria 4.00 big one's a minute. If it's 
real skip it!  If it ain't skip it!! My opinion ! :-D  You would not 
believe the stuff I'm getting from there......craaaazy!

Scott McNay wrote:

>Hi Pen,
>
>Friday, March 25, 2005, 6:15:51 PM, you wrote:
>
>ssn> In Nigeria? Why? Let her call him if it isn't a scam.
>
>Why? He can't verify who is calling. Anyone can steal a credit card,
>then call a business and place an order. If delivery is to the same
>location as the billing address, you can be fairly certain it's legit
>(although this could be used to ruin someone's credit). If you call
>the number provided by the credit card company, and the person on the
>other end approves the transaction, you can be pretty sure that it's
>legit. Those are the only two ways that I can think of to verify the
>identity of a credit card holder.
>
>  
>


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