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A stranger messaged me “please put 10 dollars on my card”, followed by a card number. Is this a known scam?
8600 is the bank prefix of UzCard. UzCard accounts can receive payments from third parties. So that bit tallies.
As another poster says they may just be straight out begging for money (with a ...
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A stranger messaged me “please put 10 dollars on my card”, followed by a card number. Is this a known scam?
I wouldn't really call that a "scam", I would call it an electronic version of good, old begging. Just that the beggar in this case is probably a professional who obtained a list of Telegram ...
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Will a negative reward points balance of a credit card incur interest?
This may or my not be outlined in your cardholder agreement...
I am quite certain that they would NOT incur interest, since points in general are not "money", but a non-monetary benefit ...
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A stranger messaged me “please put 10 dollars on my card”, followed by a card number. Is this a known scam?
Basic principle: if you have to ask, it's probably a scam. And there are very few which are genuinely new; they just get decorated differently as communications and technology evolve.
In this case, if ...
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A stranger messaged me “please put 10 dollars on my card”, followed by a card number. Is this a known scam?
I don't even know how I could put money on a credit card.
This is possible. There are types of prepaid cards by major credit card companies that can be replenished and can be used like credit cards, ...
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A stranger messaged me “please put 10 dollars on my card”, followed by a card number. Is this a known scam?
Well, this is a pretty old type of fraud. Usually, registered funds are collected to help children, and even they are often questionable. Don't fall for something like this.
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Should I pay the current balance or the remaining statement balance to avoid paying interest on my US credit card?
To avoid interest, you must have payments that total up to at least the prior statement balance prior to the due date (with possibly some grace period of a few days). The rest of your "current ...
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