Stay Clear Of Green Dot Money Card Scams: Con Artists Tricking Peopley With Green Dot Money Card Scam video and pictures

by Monica Davis

The Green Dot Money Card scam is a nationwide scame, and has been reported nation wide. This video by an internet marketer shows how the scam works.

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A sheriff in the Midwest reports that the scam has shown up in his neck of the woods:

Sgt. Bruce Vanoven said the department is seeing a new case almost everyday. He said scam artists will call people, usually the elderly, and tell them they’ve won a car or a large amount of money. But, before giving it to them, the scammers will request that the person puts a few hundred dollars on a Green Dot MoneyPak, and give them the card number that allows them to access the money. MOREHERE

Here’s another Youtube video about this this scam.

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The FBI says scammers are also using the Green Dot money card for extortion.  They theaten to blow up businesses unless the business owner puts money on a card and gives them the pin.

On September 12, 2013, 10 retail stores in Savannah, Georgia, each received telephonic bomb threats. In each case, the caller asked to speak to the store manager, demanding that 10 Green Dot MoneyPak cards each be activated and loaded with $500 and that the card numbers be read aloud over the phone. The caller threatened to blow up the stores if the managers did not comply and also threatened the store employees’ homes and families. The managers of all the stores described the caller as a male between 20 to 30 years of age and with a foreign accent. No manager complied with the demands, and no explosive devices were found.

Subsequent investigation has determined that these calls mirrored a number of similar telephonic threats made to various drug stores and retail outlets nationwide. One such call placed to a discount department store in Snellville, Georgia, was identified as an overseas Voiceover IP (VoIP) telephone number. To date, no explosive devices have been found anywhere in the country linked to this type of threat.

While the above incidents involved bomb threats, the types of threats vary. Green Dot MoneyPak cards are reloadable and available at most retail outlets throughout the country and, like money wire transfers, are just as untraceable. These cards are not associated with any bank, meaning that the money is in the card. Users of these Green Dot MoneyPak cards are reminded to never give anyone those numbers associated with those cards in that doing so gives them instant access to the money on those cards. MOREHERE