Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Earthlink Users Beware!

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-23-2003, 07:02 PM:

I received an "official" email from "Earthlink" saying my acct was about to be terminated cuz of a problem with my credit card.

I went to the site and all looked OK...so I called them to bitch.

It seems that this is a bogus message sent out by unknowns to get personal and credit card info.

The REAL Earthink is aware of it and is working to correct it.

ALWAYS NEVER trust email or links. Call directly any company.

Also, always look at a site's addr in the addr bar...just to make sure who you're talkin' to.

>>> Phil

Posted by Ken Layton (Member # 133) on 07-23-2003, 07:10 PM:

They did a news story on tv here recently on this. The scammers just keep trying.

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 07-23-2003, 07:18 PM:

Samething happened on sympatico.ca a few months ago and before that on attcanada
seems to be the latest scam
But phil why are you worried I thought you got half of the proceeds for helping that col free up that money on deposit in that nigerian bank account that we all got the email about [Big Grin]

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 07-23-2003, 10:04 PM:

I don't even think you can get your OWN credit card number from the website. (Earthlink's or anybody's, for that matter.) Once it's been entered into the system I think it's just listed as "account number on file" and it's kept in some encrypted "master list" somewhere on a server.

Anyway, if there IS a problem with a credit card, the company will give you a certain number of days to correct the problem. After which they will give you a deadline. You either have to pay up or get cut off.

Calling them up to bitch was the right move, even if there was a real problem.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-23-2003, 10:22 PM:

Sites usually show the last 4 or 5 digits plus the expiration date....

I know of NONE that show the whole number...that's would be just plain stupit! [Eek!]

>>> Phil