YAZOO DAILY HERA-D

YAZOOCIV, MS
C ' r c u l a t l ~ n= 3657
BIWEEKLY
D1131/2009

Better Business Bureau

says check statements !,

small banuctions subsequent charges as

well."
could be sign of minor theft, ~h~~~ is not an appar-
or testing for a larger theit ent way that the credit
The Y m Herald card account numbers
a r e getting into the
consumersnationwide hands. of the scammers.
are reporthg mysterious advocates say
charges on their credit most likely it is by data
card statements. ~h~~~ thefi o r simply the use of
charges, a computer to generate
generally account
not more .. numbers.
than 25 "Take a
cents, are I : P:.: .. look at
coming ..l,.~ : ,
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your credit
from card state-
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vices" in ;:, . , . ,, I1:
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any such
let
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a company .,-. .
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erro~leous
that is not charges
registered slide by-,
anywhere "Moak con-
in the tinued.
state. "It's what
"Consumers can easily the thieves want you to
overbok charges of such an '?

a n ,i insignificant Fraudulent charges

amount," said Bill hloak, shouId be disputed with
presidentICE0 of the your credit card compa-
Mississippi Better Busi- n y and a complaint can
ness Bureau. "Although be made to the Federal
they may be intended to Trade Con~missionFTC!
rip off tiny amounts from a t wnw.ftc.gov.
tons of people, they The Better Business
could also lead to a larg- Bureau has been serving
er problem if the charges Mississippi since 1964
are actually an attempt by promoting an ethical
to validate the credit marketplace for con-
card account before sumers and businesses.
making much larger For assistance in
charges. In other words, obtaining business infor-
if a consumer easily mation, contact them
overIooks these charges online at
then it may be likely www.ms.bbb.org or by
that they will overlook calling 800-987-8260.