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Obama's Minions- getting a head start on stealing your money...
« on: October 15, 2008, 08:27:13 PM »
Guess they couldn't wait... :rolleyes:

http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7599837&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

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Northland Couple Warns of Political Credit Card Fraud

NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO.  --  A North Kansas City couple has been left scratching their heads after they became the victims of a political scam.

Steve and Rachel Larman say a strange credit card charge appeared on their statement this month -- a $2300 donation to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The Larman's say they don't want this to be about their political affiliation, but they say they're not about to give the Obama campaign any help from their pocketbook.

They said they notified Chase, their credit card bank, to report the fraud.

"(They)  said that they had seen-they were familiar with this," said Steve Larman. "It was fraud, they believe through telemarketing but they were going to be doing some more investigations."

The Larman's don't want their politics to enter into what is essentially just a fraudulent charge. But they say that the charge involves the Obama campaign adds insult to injury for the registered Republicans.

"They (Chase) kept on asking me 'are you sure you wouldnt have gone to a site in support of Obama'," said Rachel Larman. "And I repeatedly said 'Im voting for McCain - I would not be going to an Obama site'."

Chase dropped the charge from the Larman's card. The couple is thankful thay they caught the charge on the card, but worried that others may not see that type of fraud on their own credit cards before it's too late.

"You always get emails saying be on the lookout," said Rachel. "So I just wanted to get the word out, that there's someone out there perpetrating this against people, and to pay attention."

The Obama campaign said they were aware of the Larman's story, but did not have any comment.
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Re: Obama's Minions- getting a head start on stealing your money...
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2008, 01:13:23 AM »
How did they get their credit card info? That's what I wanna know.
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Re: Obama's Minions- getting a head start on stealing your money...
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2008, 09:05:40 AM »
How did they get their credit card info? That's what I wanna know.

There are many ways, including when the server at a restaurant walks off for a moment with your credit card.

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Re: Obama's Minions- getting a head start on stealing your money...
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2008, 10:47:30 AM »
"The Larman's don't want their politics to enter into what is essentially just a fraudulent charge."

And that's why this isn't a politics thread.

Moving to Round Table.
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Re: Obama's Minions- getting a head start on stealing your money...
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2008, 06:28:22 PM »
I've had mysterious charges show up on mine before. Always look at everything on those statements, it's more prevalent than you think!
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Re: Obama's Minions- getting a head start on stealing your money...
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2008, 06:38:05 PM »
Yep, sneak charges are pretty common and something you constantly have to guard against.



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