torinodan
07-19-2005, 06:12 PM
The FBI has identified the following websites as fraudulent scams:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
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www.BusySky.net (http://www.busysky.net/) www.SubmitPrice.net (http://www.submitprice.net/) www.CrazyTickets.net (http://www.crazytickets.net/) www.CheapClouds.com (http://www.cheapclouds.com/) (recently shut down by the US Secret Service)<o:p></o:p>
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They attract customers by undercutting airline ticket prices offered elsewhere. They capture your credit card info, including account number, expiration date, and CVV code (security code on the back of the card). They then send you a message telling you the credit card transaction has been declined and they give you instructions for wiring funds for payment of the tickets. <o:p></o:p>
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The scam is clever because unlike the now-common phishing scams, they don't initiate the contact - the customer does by searching for the lowest ticket fares. This creates a false perception of legitimacy in the customer. If successful, the scammers obtain the customer's credit card info (sufficient to do mail orders, phone orders, or internet orders against the card), the customer's funds (if funds get wired to them), and the customer's deposit account information (origination of the wire transfer - which they can then attempt to clean out). The US Secret Service is investigating but 3 of the 4 are still in operation.<o:p></o:p>
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www.BusySky.net (http://www.busysky.net/) www.SubmitPrice.net (http://www.submitprice.net/) www.CrazyTickets.net (http://www.crazytickets.net/) www.CheapClouds.com (http://www.cheapclouds.com/) (recently shut down by the US Secret Service)<o:p></o:p>
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They attract customers by undercutting airline ticket prices offered elsewhere. They capture your credit card info, including account number, expiration date, and CVV code (security code on the back of the card). They then send you a message telling you the credit card transaction has been declined and they give you instructions for wiring funds for payment of the tickets. <o:p></o:p>
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The scam is clever because unlike the now-common phishing scams, they don't initiate the contact - the customer does by searching for the lowest ticket fares. This creates a false perception of legitimacy in the customer. If successful, the scammers obtain the customer's credit card info (sufficient to do mail orders, phone orders, or internet orders against the card), the customer's funds (if funds get wired to them), and the customer's deposit account information (origination of the wire transfer - which they can then attempt to clean out). The US Secret Service is investigating but 3 of the 4 are still in operation.<o:p></o:p>