Credit card scams
What is a credit card scam?
Warning signs
Protect yourself from credit card scams
Do your homework
Decide
Report them
What is a credit card scam?
A credit card scam can come in many forms. For example, scammers may use spyware or some other scam to obtain your credit card details. A scammer might steal or trick you into telling them your security code (the three or four digit code on your card) and then make purchases over the internet or the telephone. If they know your PIN, they could get cash advances from an ATM using a ‘cloned’ credit card (where your details have been copied onto the magnetic strip of another card).
Of course, there is also a danger of someone using your credit card if it has been physically lost or stolen.
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Warning signs
There are transactions listed in your credit card statement that you don’t understand.
You have given your credit card details to someone you now suspect may not be trustworthy (perhaps over the internet).
You have lost your card.
You have kept your security information (eg your PIN or the access code on your card) written down somewhere near your card and you find that it is missing
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Protect yourself from credit card scams
NEVER send money, or give credit card or online account details to anyone you do not know and trust.
Check your bank account and credit card statements when you get them. If you see a transaction you cannot explain, report it to your credit union or bank.
Keep your credit card and ATM cards safe. Do not share your personal identity number (PIN) with anyone. Do not keep any written copy of your PIN with the card.
Choose passwords that would be difficult for anyone else to guess.
Try to avoid using public computers (at libraries or internet cafes) to do your internet banking.
Do not use software on your computer that auto-completes online forms. This can give internet scammers easy access to your personal and credit card details.
Do not give out your personal, credit card or online account details over the phone unless you made the call and the phone number came from a trusted source.
Never send your personal, credit card or online account details through an email.
As well as following these specific tips, find out how to protect yourself from all sorts of other scams.
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Do your homework
If you are buying something over the telephone or internet and want to use your credit card, make sure you know and trust the other party. If you want to provide your credit card details to a telemarketer, take their name and call them back on a phone number you find independently (i.e., not a number they give to you).
Check over your credit card and bank account statements as soon as you get them so that if anybody is using your account without your permission you can tell your bank.
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Decide
Whenever you want to give out your credit card details, ask yourself if it is safe to do so. If you are very careful with your credit card and PIN, you can greatly reduce the chances of your credit card details ending up with a scammer.
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Report them
If you think your credit card or bank account is being used by somebody else you must report it firstly to your bank as soon as possible. If the unauthorised use of your credit card is the result of some sort of scam, you can also report a scam through the SCAMwatch website and warn your friends and family.
Have you been scammed?
What to do if you've been scammed; Scams & the law; Report a scam.
Similar scams:
Requests for your account information ('phishing' scams)
Phishing emails are fake emails usually pretending to be from banks or other financial institutions. They make up some reason for you to give your account details and then use these details to steal your money.
Phoney fraud alerts
Scammers pretend to be from your bank or financial institution and tell you that there is a problem with your account. They ask for your account details to protect your money, but then use these details to steal your money.
Card skimming
Card skimming is the illegal copying of information from the magnetic strip of a credit or ATM card. This can create a fake or ‘cloned’ card with your details on it.
Auction & shopping scams
Online auctions can be rigged by scammers or used to target you for a scam outside of the auction site. You could end up with a dud product or nothing at all for your money.
Spyware & key-loggers
Spyware is a type of software that spies on what you do on your computer. Key-loggers record what keys you press on your keyboard. Scammers can use them to steal your online banking passwords or other personal information.
Credit card scams
What is a credit card scam?
Warning signs
Protect yourself from credit card scams
Do your homework
Decide
Report them
What is a credit card scam?
A credit card scam can come in many forms. For example, scammers may use spyware or some other scam to obtain your credit card details. A scammer might steal or trick you into telling them your security code (the three or four digit code on your card) and then make purchases over the internet or the telephone. If they know your PIN, they could get cash advances from an ATM using a ‘cloned’ credit card (where your details have been copied onto the magnetic strip of another card).
Of course, there is also a danger of someone using your credit card if it has been physically lost or stolen.
Top
Warning signs
There are transactions listed in your credit card statement that you don’t understand.
You have given your credit card details to someone you now suspect may not be trustworthy (perhaps over the internet).
You have lost your card.
You have kept your security information (eg your PIN or the access code on your card) written down somewhere near your card and you find that it is missing
Top
Protect yourself from credit card scams
NEVER send money, or give credit card or online account details to anyone you do not know and trust.
Check your bank account and credit card statements when you get them. If you see a transaction you cannot explain, report it to your credit union or bank.
Keep your credit card and ATM cards safe. Do not share your personal identity number (PIN) with anyone. Do not keep any written copy of your PIN with the card.
Choose passwords that would be difficult for anyone else to guess.
Try to avoid using public computers (at libraries or internet cafes) to do your internet banking.
Do not use software on your computer that auto-completes online forms. This can give internet scammers easy access to your personal and credit card details.
Do not give out your personal, credit card or online account details over the phone unless you made the call and the phone number came from a trusted source.
Never send your personal, credit card or online account details through an email.
As well as following these specific tips, find out how to protect yourself from all sorts of other scams.
Top
Do your homework
If you are buying something over the telephone or internet and want to use your credit card, make sure you know and trust the other party. If you want to provide your credit card details to a telemarketer, take their name and call them back on a phone number you find independently (i.e., not a number they give to you).
Check over your credit card and bank account statements as soon as you get them so that if anybody is using your account without your permission you can tell your bank.
Top
Decide
Whenever you want to give out your credit card details, ask yourself if it is safe to do so. If you are very careful with your credit card and PIN, you can greatly reduce the chances of your credit card details ending up with a scammer.
Top
Report them
If you think your credit card or bank account is being used by somebody else you must report it firstly to your bank as soon as possible. If the unauthorised use of your credit card is the result of some sort of scam, you can also report a scam through the SCAMwatch website and warn your friends and family.
Have you been scammed?
What to do if you've been scammed; Scams & the law; Report a scam.
Similar scams:
Requests for your account information ('phishing' scams)
Phishing emails are fake emails usually pretending to be from banks or other financial institutions. They make up some reason for you to give your account details and then use these details to steal your money.
Phoney fraud alerts
Scammers pretend to be from your bank or financial institution and tell you that there is a problem with your account. They ask for your account details to protect your money, but then use these details to steal your money.
Card skimming
Card skimming is the illegal copying of information from the magnetic strip of a credit or ATM card. This can create a fake or ‘cloned’ card with your details on it.
Auction & shopping scams
Online auctions can be rigged by scammers or used to target you for a scam outside of the auction site. You could end up with a dud product or nothing at all for your money.
Spyware & key-loggers
Spyware is a type of software that spies on what you do on your computer. Key-loggers record what keys you press on your keyboard. Scammers can use them to steal your online banking passwords or other personal information.
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