Don Elliker
delliker at hotmail.com
Fri Sep 26 11:11:37 CDT 2003
Thank you Pamela and Gustav- I will stear clear. I had heard about debit cards not having the same protection as credit cards, maybe that's why the alarm bells went off in my head. There's a lot of suspicious stuff on the site - "we can't accept credit cards because of merchant account problems" and " you or someone you know registered your email account" (within the three days since the site was registered??) _D "Things are only free to the extent that you don't pay for them".-Don Elliker >From: PBudge at cbsol.com >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >To: Access Developers discussion and problem >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT- I am a lucky winner?? >Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:50:43 -0500 > > >Googled it up and this is what I found for this website - >http://www.rampancy.net/ - > >Thursday, September 25, 2003 - 03:05 narcogen - business · legal · rumor · >xbox >Just to let everyone know, I-- like I suspect many have in the Halo >community-- been receiving email that loudly proclaims that it "is not >spam" from a site called GiftStakes.com, and announcing that you've won an >Xbox, and all you need to do is claim it from their website. > >If you follow the link, you'll be asked for a code from the email, and >taken to a page to enter your name and address.. and then they'll ask you >to pay for the shipping and handling of your prize. Debit card is the only >payment method accepted. > >There are a number of things about this that are extremely suspicious, and >unless you're willing to part with that shipping and handling fee on the >off-chance that this is legitimate-- perhaps risking much more if your >debit card number is abused in any way-- I'd advise against taking >advantage of this "offer". > >Although the site itself looks quite professional, with picture of supposed >prize winners from June, July, and August of this year-- the domain >giftstakes.com where the site is was registered through GoDaddy only three >days ago. > >That debit cards are the only accepted payment method is also suspicious; >as you may already know, most of the mechanisms in place to dispute a >fraudulent charge to your credit card don't apply to debit cards. > >The registrant for the domain is one "Domains By Proxy, Inc" which lists as >its only address post office box in Scottsdale, Arizona. Complete >information is here: >Private, Registration >GIFTSTAKES.COM at domainsbyproxy.com >Domains by Proxy, Inc. >15111 N Hayden Rd., Suite 160 >PMB353 >Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 >United States >(480) 624-2599 >If anyone has actually received a prize from these people, we'll gladly >post that this whole thing is above-board, but at the moment I'd urge >people to protect themselves and not participate in this unless they are >prepared to be duped. > > >Given the PO box and the newness, I would not be willing to give them any >numbers or access to my accounts. > >Pamela G. Budge >PBudge at cbsol.com >Creative Business Solutions > > > > "Don Elliker" > <delliker at hotmail.com> To: >accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Sent by: cc: > accessd-bounces at databasea Subject: [AccessD] >OT- I am a lucky winner?? > dvisors.com > > > 09/26/2003 10:27 AM > Please respond to Access > Developers discussion and > problem solving > > > > > > >My friends, >I apologize for the extreme OT nature of this, but it is Friday and it is a > >computer of sorts..... >Got an email from giftstakes.com saying I won an XBox. I would like to win >an xbox and it looks authentic enough. However they want me to pay shipping > >(like 4 bucks) which is reasonable- but they only accept debit cards and >they want my debit card number and my PIN...this makes me leary, timothy. >Has anybody else seen this email is this a con...am I a sucker in the >making?? They also have a 72 hour limit before the prize goes back to the >pool....whadayathink?? >_D -----like my sig says... > >"Things are only free to the extent that you don't pay for them".-Don >Elliker > >_________________________________________________________________ >Frustrated with dial-up? Get high-speed for as low as $29.95/month >(depending on the local service providers in your area). >https://broadband.msn.com > >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _________________________________________________________________ Instant message in style with MSN Messenger 6.0. Download it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com