Automated scam calls claiming to be from Virgin with bogus win

[serfty]

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I have until my first over the counter transaction after 31 July using that credit card.. ...

I was just using the LCD - of course if you never want to pay over the counter again you won't need a pin.

 

[JohnK]

I was just using the LCD - of course if you never want to pay over the counter again you won't need a pin.

LCD? Display?

If I next use my 28 Degrees credit card over the counter on 12 August then I can get a pin on 11 August.

But apologies I am going further off-topic.

 

[medhead]

Lowest Common Denominator

 

[SimonF]

This thread is out of control.

 

[drron]

This thread is out of control.

Well you've been scammed!

 

[notzac]

Non chip Amex are my concern, no wish to accelerate re-issue and suffer the number change, still entitled to sign, but how much grief will I get?

Given that the EFT terminal will prompt for a signature and not for a PIN, you should be fine.

 

[RAM]

I know it is not the same but on Friday and today I am receiving an automated call from NAB telling me it is an automated call from NAB for me to setup my PIN by following the prompts.

It is probably legitimate but I don't know that so I keep hanging up. And this is a card that has never been used for purchases.

Like our Citibank CC - hacked details from somewhere or an internal file copy then on-sold.

 

[RAM]

In case you missed it pins become mandatory on Friday. Regardless of whether the card has been used or not. But the mode of doing this sounds dubious. Have you contacted nab to report the calls as a scam.

There's the normal misrepresentation by Visa/MC etc.

It is only MANDATORY for cards with a chip in them. A CC without a chip can still be signature only, and the card machine will still allow that option however it won't with a chip card.

If you ring AMEX about getting a PIN issued their message sets out the true story.