Credit Card Syndicate

To those out there who owns a credit card, please be careful. Widely used tactics nowadays -- you will get a phone call from someone who sounded like a good person, either using a private number/ landline number/mobile number. The person will mention your name and explained that she/he would like to send you a VIP card to those using credit card, or she/he would want to confirm with you regarding delivery of credit card, or any other reasons involving a credit card. He/she would introduce him/herself as someone by mentioning a name, as to appear more real. Then she/he would start asking your credit card's expiry date.

Please, do not ever mention your card's expiry date as the real credit card officer will not ask you this information, she/he already have it! Only if you were the one who made the call first to change or ask something then only they will ask your credit card number [not expiry date] for confirmation.

Last week, an Indian guy called my brother, telling that he wanted to confirm a delivery of credit card. Immediately my brother suspected him a scam, as he collected the card himself from the bank, there was no delivery occurred. The guy requested for the expiry date and of course my brother refused to give, so the guy threatened to block my brother's credit card. My brother challenged him back, and after several more conversations, the guy cut off the line. My brother phoned his bank immediately and confirmed that the guy was not an authorised credit card officer from the bank! So the next day my brother called me to warn me about this...

Two days ago, a woman introduced herself as Shila, called me using mobile number 0162627544, saying that she is sending a VIP card for all Mastercard/Visa card holders. She asked my card expiry date...I was like, uhh..she is asking the question? So I asked her back, why do you want to know the date? She said, she wanted to confirmed the card,before delivering the VIP card.I paused for a few seconds. Then I asked her back again, why do you need the date? She gave the same answer, then I quickly said, bukan apa, sekarang kan banyak sindiket tipu kad kredit..Then she hung up.

I feel like cursing her with all my heart, I sent her text message, saying that I will make a police report, and the message was delivered. After that, the number was uncontactable till today.

I thank Allah for making my brother to warn me fast, or I would have trusted the evil "Shila" and uncover my card expiry number, then she would have enjoyed online baking to the maximum before I could realized that my bills has reached the maximum.

So for all card credit holders, be super extra careful...and to those who are evilly involve in the syndicate, please repent before it is too late. Anyway, the money you obtained is not halal, regardless you are a Muslim or not.

I hate people who just like to be evil opportunists and make other people's lives miserable.And things that I wonder now is, how do these evil people know that we are holding a credit card? They know our names and our contact numbers.Did they get it from the bank? Or they themselves work in the bank? Hurmmm...