Holidays, Irony, and American Express...Error.

[doj at primeinfosec.com (Dave Ockwell-Jenner)]

Right... where card number and reference number happen to be the same 
value ;-) I've seen a game like that played out before!
--
Dave.

David A. Gershman wrote:
> Error in message.  The number was not, allegedly, a card number but a
> "reference number".  My apologies for the mistake.
>
> --David
>
>   
> > Hello Everyone and Happy Holidays!
> >
> > I just thought I'd communicate a bit of fun information to you.  I
> > consider myself a nice guy who does the right thing.  But today, I'm
> > going to proclaim myself *potentially* the best cracker (not
> > hacker...I'm old school) in existence.
> >
> > Lesser, wanna-be, crackers need to send out spam, phishing emails, build
> > fake sites, etc, etc, etc to get credit card information.  Not I.  Being
> > one, if not the best, means I merely need to sit back on the couch
> > eating a ham sandwich watching my fully-enjoyed Boston Legal and have
> > other just _give me_ credit card information.  In fact, I don't even
> > deal with individuals...the credit card company willing gives me this
> > information!  Beat that you phishing, spamming losers!
> >
> > I got a call on my answering machine last night with the message
> > (paraphrasing):
> >
> >   "Hello.  This is an important message from American Express.  We 
> >    are trying to locate Mr. XXXX YYYYY regarding card number 
> >    NNNNNNNNNNN.  Please call use back at 866-NNN-NNNN."
> >
> > No joke...they gave me the guys name *AND CREDIT CARD NUMBER*!  
> >
> > Ok, so you're thinking this may be a scam.  I don't think so.  This is 1
> > of at least 8 calls I've received in that 2 weeks.   All with the same
> > name, same CC number, and same 866 number.  I think if it was a scam the
> > info would vary.
> >
> > Happy Holidays from American Express!
> >
> > P.S. Do you really need to ask?  Of course I called them back (from a
> > public phone of course) and informed them of their...shall we say "gift"?
> >     
>
> ---------------
> David A. Gershman
> gershman at dagertech.net
> http://dagertech.net/gershman/
> "It's all about the path!" --d. gershman
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