New playground for con games
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Nov-30-2009
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CON artists are getting smarter and more enterprising these days. Every playing field known to man has become vulnerable to con games even the most sophisticated modern day information technology system is no guarantee of its being scam proof.
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CON artists are getting smarter and more enterprising these days.
Every playing field known to man has become vulnerable to con games even the most sophisticated modern day information technology system is no guarantee of its being scam proof.
In fact, the modern day technology that provides convenience shopping has become vulnerable to fraudulent transactions by unscrupulous groups masquerading as legitimate marketing conduit.
With reports on scams being pulled off via the Internet or through the call centers, information technology firms are now pressed to develop, conceptualize and put up a scam-proof system that would guarantee the protection of the people against con artists who have found the call center industry as their newest playing field for fraud.
There are growing number of cases of people, who have found themselves victims of con artists via the internet and the call centers.
New Game Brand
The newest scam, high-tech, involves no selling in the Internet and through call centers. Sweet talking “call center agents” at the other end of the telephone line would offer a free trial of a supposed new product or an IT system that is apparently being packaged as “something new” in the market.
It would however require the subsequent victim to submit their credit card number “if only to guarantee” that they are dealing with people who are not just after free hitches.
The free trial, which would be seven days from the supposed receipt of their product or IT system, could be cancelled any time without any charge. Another ploy is what they call “money back guarantee”, when the truth is that you’ll never get your money back, and even if you do, it may take longer than one could actually manage to tolerate.
The Master Plan
Under the well planned scam, anybody who gets to respond to their calls or invitations is offered a seven day free trial. From there, anybody who gets to be convinced is asked whether or not he’s a credit card holder. The moment one gets to give his credit card number, it’s a done deal.
Police have had reports of people complaining about their credit cards accumulating debts for products and services which they never had.
As to how the scam is consummated, police are hard-pressed to believe that that the con game is a handiwork of an organized crime group composed of IT people themselves. In fact, hacking into one’s credit card is nothing new. It has been done before, and many times at that.
Interestingly, this crime ring makes use of software and high-tech gadgets capable of detecting PIN codes, passwords and other safety features that comes along with modern day banking system.
In major cities in the United States, the number of people who have reportedly fallen victim of this scam is on the rise.
Under these circumstances, it is imperative for the call center and internet communities to cooperate with the police on matters pertinent to a scam that promises to be tomorrow’s must lucrative con game. Equally important is the vigilance of the apparent victims which are the computer dependent community. GP
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_New playground for con games_6114.aspx
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Author Resource :
ITC Sales are a leading supplier of Dell and HP Laptops and Desktops such as the Dell Precision and the Dell Optiplex
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Computers
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Hardware
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