http://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/ Switched Comments for Bogus Stimulus Promises Turn Out to Be Phishing Scam http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/Mar 5th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/***SHAME ON YOU AOL***]]>Mar 5th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/Mar 5th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/Mar 5th 2009 3:10PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/Mar 5th 2009 4:03PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/Mar 5th 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/Mar 5th 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/Seriously, you'd have to be pretty desperate and dumb to do this.]]>Mar 5th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/http://www.switched.com/2009/03/05/bogus-stimulus-promises-appear-as-latest-phishing-scheme/
Luckily, I belong to a credit union that at that time served only military members and veterans (I was in the Corps), and after telling the associate the situation and faxing proof of what I received, she immediately stopped payment, credited my account, and instructed me to destroy my CUCARD so I could be issued a new one. I was so happy I cried and vowed NEVER to do anything like that again!

Would you believe about a week later, the idiot called me AGAIN!! And boy was he pissed!!!! I reported his "company" and the number he was calling me from to both my CU and the local authorities. Of course, the number was disconnected but I didn't have to worry about him (or his little slimey friends) calling me ever again.

All this love to say, if contacted by a slick-talking con artist, you CAN get bamboozled. This kind of info on what and how to look for scammers wasn't as readily available then as it now, so luckily, we can be more progressive and informed on how to fight the cons. Thank you for reading, and God Bless you.]]>Mar 6th 2009 6:00PM