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Internet Phone Scam

03/21/2005 | Filed under: eBusiness — site admin @ 8:42 pm

In an ever changing world the need to be more vigilant in protecting your credit card from being accessed by scam artists is growing.

Internet phone services are now being targeted, Andy Sullivan tells us more…

Internet phone services have drawn millions of users looking for rock-bottom rates. Now they’re also attracting identity thieves looking to turn stolen credit cards into cash.
Some Internet phone services allow scam artists to make it appear that they are calling from another phone number — a useful trick that enables them to drain credit accounts and pose as banks or other trusted authorities, online fraud experts say.

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