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Post by Chahta on Dec 15, 2023 14:09:25 GMT
mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/61781/be-careful-out-there-qr-codes-can-be-risky#latestCredit to a poster on MFO. This happened to me recently. I was installing a new printer, per the instructions from the Epson website. A QR code came up on the printer screen that I scanned. I assumed it was part of the installation process. Long story short, I had to cancel my credit card and get a new one. I honestly questioned it at the time but it was part of the installation process. Epson had no clue when I called them. Damn scammers!
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Post by uncleharley on Dec 15, 2023 15:48:04 GMT
Thank You.
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Post by yakers on Dec 15, 2023 17:26:28 GMT
🐀🐀🐀 (rats!)
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Post by bb2 on Dec 15, 2023 17:50:26 GMT
Chata - is it at all possible the credit card breech resulted from another source aside from the Epson printer? I'm thinking that a malicious QR code displayed on the printer's display would be a pretty sophisticated hack. I'm not finding anything on the web concerning this particular security threat.
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Post by steadyeddy on Dec 15, 2023 19:11:21 GMT
mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/61781/be-careful-out-there-qr-codes-can-be-risky#latestCredit to a poster on MFO. This happened to me recently. I was installing a new printer, per the instructions from the Epson website. A QR code came up on the printer screen that I scanned. I assumed it was part of the installation process. Long story short, I had to cancel my credit card and get a new one. I honestly questioned it at the time but it was part of the installation process. Epson had no clue when I called them. Damn scammers! QR code from a scam came up on the printer screen? Hmm... not saying I don't believe it but highly unlikely. |
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Post by yogibearbull on Dec 15, 2023 19:44:33 GMT
New technologies offer new opportunities for scams. I have heard about scammers pasting QR codes over publicly displayed QR codes. I am wary of using any public/open QR code.
That printer QR code problem may be unlikely from the manufacturer, but could happen at the retail level.
There are also reports of compromised card readers at stores, gas stations, ATMs.
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Post by bb2 on Dec 15, 2023 20:29:06 GMT
Difficult to ever know the source of a security breech. My checking acct number and any other info necessary to enable an ACH transaction was used fraudulently this year and we have no idea. The fraud department only asked if someone might have been in our house! (Not a chance - cameras/alarms, unless the cat sitter?.No way.) Alerts and two factor auth are good tools.
Card reader in Rome got me a few years back. (Long story but we know.)
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Post by Chahta on Dec 15, 2023 22:32:04 GMT
mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/61781/be-careful-out-there-qr-codes-can-be-risky#latestCredit to a poster on MFO. This happened to me recently. I was installing a new printer, per the instructions from the Epson website. A QR code came up on the printer screen that I scanned. I assumed it was part of the installation process. Long story short, I had to cancel my credit card and get a new one. I honestly questioned it at the time but it was part of the installation process. Epson had no clue when I called them. Damn scammers! QR code from a scam came up on the printer screen? Hmm... not saying I don't believe it but highly unlikely. I questioned it too. But I know what I saw and the QR code was displayed on the little screen of the printer. There was no doubt about it. The printer instruction sheet told me the site to go to for the installation. It came up about 1/2 the way thru the installation. When I saw this post at MFO, it confirmed what I experienced. |
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Post by yakers on Dec 15, 2023 22:32:16 GMT
New technologies offer new opportunities for scams. I have heard about scammers pasting QR codes over publicly displayed QR codes. I am wary of using any public/open QR code. That printer QR code problem may be unlikely from the manufacturer, but could happen at the retail level. There are also reports of compromised card readers at stores, gas stations, ATMs. This could get really tricky, just donated to Salvation Army instead of change at the store just scanned their display. Fortunately not a problem and received an email confirmation but...really anyone could throw a QR code and what comes up usually is an agent intermedeary as these charities don't have inhouse capabilities. So will have to stay awake to new forms of scams. |
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Post by Chahta on Dec 15, 2023 22:36:25 GMT
New technologies offer new opportunities for scams. I have heard about scammers pasting QR codes over publicly displayed QR codes. I am wary of using any public/open QR code. That printer QR code problem may be unlikely from the manufacturer, but could happen at the retail level. There are also reports of compromised card readers at stores, gas stations, ATMs. The printer was new in the factory box, bought at Costco. I am wondering if it was thru my T-mobile server or somehow thru WIFI. I will no longer scan codes I am not famkiliar with. The question is how did it display on the printer svreen? |
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Post by richardsok on Dec 16, 2023 4:43:39 GMT
And speaking of scams, what do you think of this website? memorial-stamp.com/?utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=102019I've never heard of any entity selling US postage stamps at deep discount, yet here it is. It certainly appears legitimate -- but then all sophisticated crooked operators appear to be what they falsely claim. Does anyone know anything about this? |
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Post by roi2020 on Dec 16, 2023 7:08:59 GMT
And speaking of scams, what do you think of this website? memorial-stamp.com/?utm_source=yahoo&utm_campaign=102019I've never heard of any entity selling US postage stamps at deep discount, yet here it is. It certainly appears legitimate -- but then all sophisticated crooked operators appear to be what they falsely claim. Does anyone know anything about this?
The USPS does not discount postage stamp prices but some authorized retailers may offer slight discounts.
This is most likely a scam involving counterfeit stamps.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPzNdcJPLL4 |
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Post by Schroeder on Dec 16, 2023 12:32:59 GMT
This is an old scam.
A while back when I had a card without a chip I purchased gas at a local station. The next day someone attempted to purchase an entire very large home HP computer system with my number. VISA caught that one so fast they declined it, canceled the card and called me to explain and notify me they were sending a new card. |
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Post by yogibearbull on Dec 16, 2023 13:29:34 GMT
To make online payments via checks, only bank routing#, checking a/c#, address, phone# are required. There is no code or PIN required. I am surprised that there aren't many checking frauds. I am wary to writing checks to strange entities. May be the check fraud is easy to trace because the check will be deposited somewhere. Banks have only 30-60 window to report statement errors in writing (phone reports don't count).
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Post by Chahta on Dec 16, 2023 22:44:19 GMT
There must be a lot of checking fraud. My current checks from Schwab have a heat reactive ink and a chip-like stamp on them.
Another scam susceptible transaction is wire instructions. I got that warning in a recent house closing.
Good old faxing is about as secure as you can get.
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Post by bb2 on Dec 17, 2023 18:11:32 GMT
Schwab bank made me whole to the tune of $10K and I reported it 6 months after the first fraudulent ACH transaction went through. Of course I now have every alert possible enabled.
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Post by yogibearbull on Dec 17, 2023 18:27:38 GMT
bb2, Schwab Bank went out of the way to fix the issue. I have seen horror stories when banks just said "sorry" if errors were reported in writing more than 60 days after the new statement (some think that calling the bank would be enough, but not to retain your rights). Moreover, different rules apply to electronic transactions and check fraud. So, it's a good idea to glance at statements for anything unusual. www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/correcting-bank-account-errors.html
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Post by johntaylor on Dec 18, 2023 14:34:54 GMT
Timely thread -- have to download new Epson drivers for an update of a high school yearbook. More importantly, their favorite song so far in the poll: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAxb1vnb520 |
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Post by anitya on Dec 18, 2023 17:18:49 GMT
bb2 , Schwab Bank went out of the way to fix the issue. I have seen horror stories when banks just said "sorry" if errors were reported in writing more than 60 days after the new statement (some think that calling the bank would be enough, but not to retain your rights). Moreover, different rules apply to electronic transactions and check fraud. So, it's a good idea to glance at statements for anything unusual. www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/correcting-bank-account-errors.html I agree that protesting in writing is better. Do you suggest a registered mail to keep the bank accountable? |
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Post by chang on Jan 18, 2024 20:18:21 GMT
I just avoided my first real scam! Someone offered to buy a coin I'm selling on eBay. I thought some things were weird ... there were various signals that something wasn't right:
- His eBay profile has his personal email address, which is odd (I didn't think eBay allowed this)
- His name sounds African, his eBay account is in Belgium, and he gave me a mailing address in Liverpool
- He was willing to do the transaction outside of eBay
- He gave me his mailing/shipping address
- He didn't seem to care about the price
and the kicker was his e-mail: "Hello... I have just made the payment for the purchased item via PayPal, kindly Check your PayPal email khunchang@gmail.com inbox/ spam junk folder for a payment confirmation email from PayPal."
Of course, I got an email in my Spam folder from paypalcomonline@gmail.com. After I googled this, I saw that it's a known scam.
Pretty obvious - who would send an (expensive) item to someone without having actually received the mail into their PayPal account? But I can imagine how the elderly might be scammed.
People like this should be locked away.
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Post by howaya on Jan 18, 2024 20:24:56 GMT
You might do well to notify eBay. They are capable of closing the scammer's account+
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Post by archer on Jan 18, 2024 21:33:40 GMT
I once had an email from the popular Nigerian scams years ago. It was the usual, he inherited some large sum of money from a gov official in poor standing, (I had gotten a few of these over the years going back to before internet), and therefore was having some problems with bureaucracy, and needed my bank account info so the money could be deposited in my account, avoiding the issues he was facing on his end.
We became pen pals for a short time, mostly debating who should give who their bank account information. I tried to explain to him my close connections with the US ambassador to Nigeria who would secure the round trip of his funds, and handle the bureaucratic issues he was having, but I needed to send the embassy his banking info in order to expedite the process. He then IIRC explained he had some past problems with the US embassy from when he worked there, and his accounts were flagged as a matter of policy. After a couple more emails his tone seemed to become frustrated and asked, "Can't we just do some business together?"
On the one hand it is humorous, and on the other sad that he was probably in financial desperation to be engaging in his means of livelihood. Kind of like phone solicitors in the US.
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Post by uncleharley on Jan 18, 2024 21:36:42 GMT
LOL!!!
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