Credit-Card Scam Targets Northern Iowans

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Credit-Card Scam Targets Northern Iowans

By Becky Ogann

MASON CITY (AP) - The Mason City Police Department says it's getting numerous reports of a credit-card scam by phone that seems to be targeting customers of a northern Iowa credit union.

A Mason City police spokesman says an automated message reads out a person's name and tells them their credit card has been deactivated. It then asks the receipient of the call to enter his or her credit card number.

The police spokesman says most of the calls have been targeting North Iowa Community Credit Union customers.

He said the calls are coming from out of state and police are attempting to trace the number, although one man who dialed in his information on Tuesday already has charges on his card.
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Friday, Oct 3 at 3:23 PM Anonymous wrote ...

For the people below me who have not figured it out yet, a good majority of our fellow Iowans/Americans/humans are actually very stupid. Unfortunate, but true.

Friday, Oct 3 at 1:22 PM pak wrote ...

Who would fall for this? We already know not to give out our credit card numbers.

Friday, Oct 3 at 11:46 AM Liz wrote ...

DUH people..........if it says it has been deactivated they should already HAVE your credit card number........why on earth would anyone put in the number?? Seriously you are just asking for it!

Thursday, Oct 2 at 10:32 PM Anonymous wrote ...

Come on people...how many times must you be told, never, ever give out your credit card information... especially to idiots over the phone ,whether live or automated, no matter what their claim may be??

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