About $4,000 was withdrawn from our credit account at ATM machines in the north shore area. A receipt was printed out and given to us. My husband was there and got his credit card and 'John' swiped the card on this small mobile machine that also had a small screen upon which my husband entered in his pin number. He then said that the company required the payment to be by Eftpos, so he is not handling cash and everything is properly accounted for. This seemed logical and I offered to get the cash. He went on to explain that because the gift contained alcohol, he has to charge the recipient $3.50 as proof that he has actually delivered to an adult, and not left it on a door step if the recipient is out, to be stolen or taken by children. There was a consignment note with the gift. He said he was only delivering the gift and the card was being sent separately (the card has never arrived). I expressed my surprise as I wasn't expecting anything like this and said I was intrigued to know who was sending me such a lovely gift. He turned up with a beautiful basket of flowers and wine. He said he would there in roughly an hour. I had a phone call late morning from Express Couriers to ask if I was going to be home as he had a delivery for me. Although I do not have credit card at the moment, I felt that all credit card holders should be bewared of the below gift scam or credit card fraud (content was trimmed to tell only the main points of the fraud):
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