[Discuss] [Fwd: Fwd: Master card and visa scam]

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2006-09-01 18:48-0700 George Farris wrote:

> Don't know if this is true or not but it always pays to be on the look
> out.

I thought this might be an urban legend, but a search for recent urban
legends found this site which feels this actually might be a credible
threat; http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/creditcard.asp

Alan
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