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Cory Doctorow gets scammed (pluralistic.net)

submitted 8 months ago by 0x0@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I was tricked by a phone-phisher pretending to be from my bank, and he convinced me to hand over my credit-card number, then did $8,000+ worth of fraud with it before I figured out what happened.

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[–] 0x0@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My rule of thumb is to never give away any information, always call back. And I don't have credit cards, never have, whenever I need I just use virtual disposable CCs from my banking system.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Anything that requires any personal info from me needs to come in the form of a physical letter. I do not give out anyone over the phone. Emails are not legally binding.