This is a fairly regular scam mail that gets sent around and, in the
past, has fooled local police forces into issuing a warning as well (as
it probably has in this case) and often gets passed from region to
region as gospel truth.
Most of what is says in good practice so there is nothing malicious in
it apart from the fact in never actually happened.
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/card-security-code-scam.html
As much of what is said is actually what would happen if you make a
telephone purchase, the reason for sending it out is to make people too
frightened to use their credit cards over the phone.
As I say, the police get these passed to them and then pass on the
information to local groups as it really does seem genuine (as the
police often re-issue it on their own stationery which doesn't help.
Note that the website entry dates from 2006 and it has been around since
before them.
Colin Hill
On 17/01/2012 10:51, Geoff Turner wrote:
Apologies for the previous email, it was meant for those in the UK, and
I sent it to the wrong list.
However, anyone else who fancies sending me abuse from the USA will get
a similar response.
Geoff Turner
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