Hi Marc

I just wanted to say I love the Exponential Mindset and how well it works!  Small and easy to implement things for my business that have a huge impact.

Here is a great example I just experienced that you might want to share.

I was looking for a supplier of Dog calendars in November just gone so I could sell calendars to my clients who are all dog lovers.

I couldn’t find a supplier. I was so frustrated I decided to put together our own calendar for 2011 so I won’t have the same issue next year.

My husband is a professional photographer so know I can get great photos of my clients’ dogs. That’s when the Exponential Mindset comes in… I decided to implement Dog Of The Month where my husband would take the photos and the dog of the month for 2010 becomes the dog for that month in the 2011 wall calendar. By doing it this way, creates excitement and anticipation for next year’s calendar.

The dog who wins Paddington Pups Dog of the Month not only has to be a regular client but also must be a well behaved dog with its owners as raving fans of my business. This is my reward for them, a fun thing to do that everyone gets a kick out of!

You should know I am writing this to you in February before we have unveiled the dog of the month for March.

I want to let you know that already the buzz is huge. All my clients want to win! They all want to know who has won but most of all they want to know how their puppy or dog can win dog of the month.

The most interesting part is not however, the in-store competition and jealousy between the dog parents as you might think but the response from non-Paddington Pups clients.  In discussions with the mum of February’s Dog of The Month – Magic – the response she has received has been dramatic.

When Magic and her mum go to the local off leash park (a daily event) she has had people she has never spoken to before come up to her and say “Oh that’s Magic! Paddington Pups‘ Dog Of The Month!”

This happened on several occasions. Magic’s mum is blown away by the success of this ‘Marketing Tool’ as she refers to it.

Given that I have not been the one having the conversations with the people in the park I can’t say if they have dogs that come to Paddington Pups doggy daycare, are locals that come into the shop to purchase food or if they have read about Magic in the Pupdate (newsletter) or on our Paddington Pups Blog.  What I can tell you is that people are positively talking about my business in the local park where my potential clients go and congregate and talk about their dogs.

The pre-eminence this has created for my business is huge and we are only two months into the concept I can’t wait until the 2011 calendar is out.  The Calendar will serve as a constant reminder in people’s homes as well as the homes of all their family and closest friends. Who wouldn’t want to give a calendar as a gift if their dog or puppy was in it?!?!

Plus it gets even better as I have already managed to secure a sponsor for the calendar who is happy to contribute financially to add their branding. Did I mention it’s only February?!?!

I love the Exponential Mindset!

Thanks Marc for helping me think outside the cube and know how to twist it into profits that are fun!

Bree Robbins
Top Dog
Paddington Pups

Isn’t it amazing how one simple idea can become Exponential?

It of course has no end… Because once adopted, an Exponential Mindset keeps coming up with combinations…

• The first calendar will be the Dog Of The Month
• The second calendar will the Puppy Of The Month
• The third calendar can be the Labrador Of The Month, Boxer, Beagle…

Of course it doesn’t end there…

• The photos can be sold as large high resolution (quality) prints
• Keychains, coffee mugs, etc. can be created for each winning dog or puppy.

With an Exponential Mindset, once you’ve CREATED the initial movement, momentum is not hard to maintain…!

WHY you should always wear your seat belt.

Merci to Andrew Powell of Montreal Canada who sent this to me!

Pose the following question:

“You’re walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, a dangerous looking  man with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks  eyes with you, screams obscenities, raises the knife, and charges. You are carrying a Glock 40, and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before  he reaches you and your  family.”

What do you do?

CANADIAN POLICE CONSTABLES
Answer: (Immediate thought processes)

• Is the knife a ceremonial kirpan?
• Does he prefer to communicate in English or French?
• Will this negatively impact my chances of promotion?
• Is this just his way of telling me that he pays my wages, and wants my
  job?
• Would this be an appropriate time to hug him and sing Koombaya?
• Will the media do a profile of him and how he was loved by everyone
  including his dog?
• Is the alleged ‘client’ a member of the NDP or an Environmental Group?
• Is he just a squeegee kid / pan handler trying to make a living on the
  mean streets?
• Is he a member of a gang that is just ‘misunderstood’ by society?
• Is he an undercover Toronto Star reporter looking for a news breaker?
• Is he a recent illegal immigrant to this country, and just doesn’t know
  how to approach the police?
• Is he recently released on parole and hasn’t been properly integrated back
  into the community?
• Is he a victim of fetal alcohol syndrome, and just doesn’t understand what
  he is doing?
• Warn and Charter him as he approaches.

AUSTRALIAN POLICE CONSTABLES

Answer:  BANG!

AMERICAN POLICE OFFICERS

Answer: BANG! BANG!  BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
BANG! BANG! Click…. (Sounds of reloading) BANG!  BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!  BANG! BANG! BANG! Click Click Click

Australian Blogs is proud to support Magic’s incredible devotion to this cause that helps so many who need better information. Information that actually solves problems, reduces pain and discomfort.

To listen to Dr Marc Dussault’s Interview of Magic Barclay at Fitness Driven <- Click on the hyperlink.

5 Exponential Blogging Lessons are included below:

If you know anyone with the following conditions or afflictions, please keep reading – there are some revelations that will shock you.

• Autism
• Asperger’s Syndrome
• Diabetes Type I
• Diabetes Type II
• Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia
• Body Dismorphic Disorder
• Obesity
• Morbid Obesity
• Super Obesity
• Post natal fitness challenges
• Ante natal fitness challenges
• Depression
• Children’s fitness and nutrition challenges
• Postural disorders including:
  • Anterior & Posterior Pelvic Tilt,
  • Chronic Back Pain
  • Nerve Impingement
• Peripheral Neuropathy
• Nutrition challenges due to Autism Spectrum Disorders, Diabetes, irritable Bowel & Gut Disorders
• PDD NOS (Pervasive Development Disorder Not Otherwise Specified)
• Global Delay
• Carer physical needs and nutrition – Specific Needs for postural maintenance, nutrition for sustained energy levels, hormonal control (stress hormones like Cortisol)

Fitness Driven’s Unique Selling Proposition is:

Fitness Driven provides a nurturing, welcoming atmosphere to help people with special needs (including people with Diabetes) and their carers using personally crafted programs to educate and inspire a positive self-esteem that ensures permanent weight loss and a pain –free functional level of health and fitness that frees you from a lifetime of stress and worry.

Magic Barclay and her team at Fitness Driven has substantial knowledge, expertise and experience to assist you with these conditions with access to information, research, data and techniques that work you won’t find anywhere else.

For example, did you know?

• The gut of an autistic person can’t hold good bacteria. That means that he or she can react adversely to antibiotics.
• The incidence of eating disorders in Asberger males is 90%. Knowing how to deal with this is simple, once you know what to do.
• Currently medical professionals suggest to break and re-set bones for toe-walking Autistics when simple Podiatric care, Orthotics and nutrition can do the same job without the pain and suffering. THIS IS STILL HAPPENING IN AUSTRALIA RIGHT NOW – not just in Third World countries!

Exponential Blogging Lesson #1: Register with Australian Blogs

This sounds like a self-serving statement and it is – FOR YOU. By registering with Australian Blogs, your blog will instantly get more traffic. Some have had bursts of 23% to as high as 100%. One things is for sure – you won’t get less people coming to your blog.

Click here now -> to register your Australian Blog on Australian Blogs.

Exponential Blogging Lesson #2: Keep Your Blog Current

Make sure you blog regularly and use the tips and techniques we’ve highlighted here and on my Internet Mastery Blog – want a kick start, download the Exponential Blogging 101 Audio Program Now.

Exponential Blogging Lesson #3: Create A Checklist

Having a checklist like the one attached to this blog post makes it easy for people to send the information to others – quickly and easily. It’s a simple and exponential strategy to get your message out to more people so they come back to your blog over and over again. Try it out and see what happens!

Fitness Driven Checklist <- Click here to access the checklist!

Exponential Blogging Lesson #4: Create An Audio Interview

I Skyped Magic and Interviewed her while recording the conversation (directly within Skype for FREE). You get to her Magic’s enthusiasm, passion and level of conviction that is hard to capture in the written word… Use audio within your blog and you’ll soon see dramatic changes to your readership!

Exponential Blogging Lesson #5: Put All Of The Above In One Big Blog Post

Every once in a while you want to have a full-blown blog post with all the bells and whistles. Just to spoil your readers. The more often you can do this, the more people will come to your blog and subscribe. Go on, give it a go and see how you go!

Want to get better results from your email marketing efforts and grow your email list? Here are the elementary steps of list building, as well as some more creative ideas.

The Basics of Blog List Building

When you first get started with email marketing, it’s normal to have a smaller list. It takes a concerted effort to get in the habit of asking for email addresses. There are people who have been email marketing for years and still aren’t taking advantage of all the opportunities they have to grow their list. Don’t let that be you!

Here are a few simple things that you can do to build your list:

• Put a “Join My Email List” sign-up box on your website or blog. Your website is the first place most people look when they want information about your business. It’s great when they visit your website, but are you capturing their email addresses? Don’t miss the chance to start building a relationship with them.
• Ask your customers for their email addresses and permission whether it’s over the phone or in person. Don’t forget to tell customers about your email communications and ask if you can add them to your list. If you have a physical store, put out a sign-up book in a prominent place. If your business is Internet-based and your only customer communication is through email, send them a follow-up email after an order and ask if they want to join your list. If you have employees who interact with customers, train them to ask as well.

• When you meet people at networking events and trade shows tell them about your free e-newsletter or your email-only specials and ask them if they would like to join your list.

Want to take it to the next level?

Here are some creative ideas that you can put into practice:

Blog List Building Tip #1: Offer incentives for signing up

It’s amazing how a freebie or a chance to win a prize can be just what a person needs to “take the plunge” and sign up for your email list. Your giveaway doesn’t have to be costly; it can be as simple as sharing your expertise in the form of a free whitepaper or guide. Make it clear to those who sign up that they will be added to your list.

Blog List Building Tip #2: Partner with a related business or organisation

Think of a business or organisation that is related to your business, but not a competitor. You can work together to promote each other’s email communications to your customers. Some good partnership examples are a tax accountant and a financial planner, a public relations firm and a website designer, or a theatre and a nearby restaurant. Highlight your partner as a guest writer in your newsletter and ask that they do the same for you. At the end of each article, invite readers to join that author’s email list.

Blog List Building Tip #3: Include a “Join My Email List” link in all online content

Do you have articles on your website or on other websites? Do you have your own blog? This is another great opportunity to add people to your list. Include a link that takes readers to your sign-up page. Your copy could read, “Like this article? Get more like it in your inbox. Subscribe today for our monthly e-newsletter.”

Blog List Building Tip #4: Include a “Join My Email List” link at the bottom of your email signature

This is great advertisement and it’s free. Add one line that describes the benefits of your newsletter or email promotions like, “Get our monthly newsletter with tips on how to grow your business” or “Receive weekly coupons for exclusive discounts.”

Blog List Building Tip #5: Promote your email communications in all printed materials (including your business cards!)

It’s easy to forget about email when doing a printed piece. Whether it’s a brochure or a direct mail postcard, don’t forget to add a line asking the receiver to sign up for your free newsletter. Business cards are a great place for a quick promo as well.

By putting some of these tactics into action, you will see your list increase over the months and years to come. More contacts mean more opportunities to bring in new customers and build lasting relationships with them.

The original article this blog post was based on was forwarded to me by luxury jeweller, Sam Kritsotakis of Eskae Jewelllers in Sydney. The video below showcases some of Sam’s Creations.

Red Light Camera

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Ray Keefe of Successful Endeavours in Melbourne has been in our Business Mastery Platinum Program for the past year and has produced some amazing results, but this latest one is definitely one I am really proud of…

An engineer blogging like a pro – who woudda thought?!?!

I mean take a look a Ray’s blog post about what’s so good about being an engineer. He’s used several of the tips I’ve talked about in previous blog posts on this and my other blogs.

For example, he optimises his blog’s SEO expertly for the keywords he knows his prospects are searching for and tells a story that people want to read even tell a few friends.

Go ahead and read his blog post and let him know how good it is by leaving a comment, he’ll really appreciate the encouragement.

Recycle Your Mobile

I just used Clean Up Australia as part of the Aussie Recycling Program.

Bookmark this link when you do get your next mobile phone – if you’re a company with multiple phones, they have a corporate service to make it quick and easy for you…

By the way, you can choose from several great charities so you can pick your favorite:

	Adelaide Zoo
	Animal Welfare League of Queensland
	Apex Australia
	ARAZPA
	Ardoch Youth Foundation
	Asylum Seekers Resource Centre
	AUSTRALIA ZOO with FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL
	Australian Red Cross NT
	Australian Red Cross VIC
	Australian Reptile Park
	Baptist Community Services
	Big Brothers Big Sisters
	Birkdale Scout Group
	Cancer Support Association WA Inc
	The Centre for Cerebral Palsy
	Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland
	Cerebral Palsy Tasmania
	Children’s Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation
	Clean Up Australia
	Community Telco Australia
	Convoy For Kids
	The Developing Foundation
	Disabilities Opportunities Victoria Inc
	Endeavour Industries
	Finding Workable Solutions
	Future Employment Opportunities
	Humane Society International
	Inspire Foundation
	Karuna Hospice Services
	Kidney Health Australia
	Lifeline Australia
	Lions Medical Research Foundation QLD & NSW
	Melbourne Zoo
	Perth Zoo
	Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation
	RACV Foundation
	Rett Syndrome Australian Research Fund
	RSPCA ACT
	RSPCA SA
	Salvation Army
	Samaritans Foundation Recycling Division
	Scope (Vic) Ltd.
	SIDS and Kids
	Spastic Centre of New South Wales
	Spastic Centre of South Australia
	St. Vincent de Paul Society (Tasmania) Inc.
	TARALYE
	Taronga Zoo
	Uniting Care Ballarat
	UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide Inc
	UTS Union University of Technology
	WaterAid Australia
	Yooralla

Q: What’s the second most Googled word on the Internet?
A: Pron.
Vinny, Surry Hills

• My wife accused me of being self-important.
I nearly fell off my throne.
Mike, Darlinghurst

• I started hanging out with this American the other day… not by choice though, I got pulled into his orbit.
Ian, Coogee

As Ben Franklin said:
In wine there is wisdom,
in beer there is freedom,
in water there is bacteria.

In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 litre of water each day, at the end of the 20th year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. coli) – bacteria  found in faeces.

In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop.

However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor), because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.

Remember:

Water = Poop       Wine = Health

Therefore, it’s better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of shit.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information:

I’m doing it as a public service.

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Think of it this way – there are people, working from home making $100,000+/year. What are they doing that you’re not?

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means a smile and

is a frown.

Sometimes these are represented by

Well, how about some ‘Aussicons?’

Here goes:

(_!_) a regular arse

(__!__) a fat arse

(!) a tight arse

(_*_) a sore arse

{_!_} a swishy arse

(_o_) an arse that’s been around

(_x_) kiss my arse

(_X_) leave my arse alone

(_zzz_) a tired arse

(_E=mc2_) a smart arse

(_$_) Money coming out of his arse

(_?_) Dumb Arse

You have just been e-mooned! Send this to 5 people within the next hour and you will be blessed with people laughing at your e-mail.

This is NOT a chain letter, so if you don’t mail it out, you won’t have bad luck. (But who wouldn’t want to e-Moon a friend?)

How to write a blog post that is interesting, intriguing and captivating

With that in mind, I also want to make sure you’re ENGAGED in the process, not just passively reading or skimming.

You’re not skimming this are you?

Aw c’mon… I invested 10 minutes to make sure this is an invaluable tip that made you go Hmmm…

Are you back reading this now?

Thanks.

I appreciate that.

After all this conversation is just between me and you. No one else is invited – doesn’t that make you feel special?

It should. That’s the whole point.

When I sit down in front of my Mac, the blog post goes into its final step in the process – because the genesis of the idea or concept of the post started minutes, hours or weeks before you ever start to read the first word.

Like today’s post, the idea started WEEKS AGO…

I have multiple people from around the world (in the US, Canada, India, Greece, Caribbean, Romania, Russia, UK…) who work with me via www.guru.com.

Sometimes they are tasked with researching information, stats and data for me as well as my clients. We sometimes ask them to write ‘blog posts’ . What we get back, well…

Sucks.

It’s not their fault- they don’t know any better.

So WHAM! It hit me – I should write a blog post explaining how to write a blog post!

So that’s why you’re here reading this.

You’re reading this aren’t you?

Of course you are.

I wouldn’t be writing to myself – that’s called a DIARY, not a BLOG.

But instead of TELLING you how to write a blog post, I WROTE a BLOG POST that put you through the process.

The process that was interesting – BECAUSE I brought you INTO the conversation right from the start – telling you it would take less than 60 seconds.

It was interesting because the approach was different. Instead of TELLING you something, I actually did it instead of describing it.

It was captivating because you never quite knew what was happening and it was written in a CONVERSATIONAL STYLE.

So there you have it – “How to write a blog post that is interesting, intriguing and captivating” – all in less than 60 seconds.

That’s the last piece of the puzzle – you want to MIX and MATCH the MESSAGE to the VALUE.

I’ve written 20-page blog posts and others that are ONE paragraph or just posted an Audio or video recording with minimal text…

Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never seen it rain on TV, so how do the plants grow? (UK)
A: We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching them
die.

Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA)
A: Depends how much you’ve been drinking.

Q: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney – can I follow the railroad tracks? (Sweden)
A: Sure, it’s only three thousand miles, take lots of water…

Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia? (Sweden)
A: So its true what they say about Swedes.

Q: It is imperative that I find the names and addresses of places to contact for a stuffed porpoise. (Italy)
A: Let’s not touch this one.

Q: Are there any ATMs (cash machines) in Australia? Can you send me a list of them in Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Hervey Bay? (UK)
A: And your last slave died of……..?

Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia? USA)
A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe. Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the pacific which does not… oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Kings Cross. Come naked.

Q: Which direction is North in Australia? (USA)
A: Face south and then turn 90 degrees. Contact us when you get here and we’ll send the rest of the directions.

Q: Can I bring cutlery into Australia? (UK)
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.

Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys’ Choir schedule? (USA)
A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y, which is…oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays every Tuesday night in Kings Cross, straight after the hippo races. Come naked.

Q: Do you have perfume in Australia? (France)
A: No, We Don’t stink.

Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth. Can you tell me where I can sell it in Australia? (USA)
A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.

13. Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia? (UK)
A: You are a British politician, right?

14. Q: Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female
population is smaller than the male population? (Italy).
A: Yes, gay nightclubs.

15. Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia? (France)
A: Only at Christmas.

17. Q: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all year
round? (Germany)
A: No, we are a peaceful civilisation of vegan hunter gatherers. Milk
is illegal.

18. Q: Please send a list of all doctors in Australia who can dispense
rattlesnake serum. (USA)
A: Rattlesnakes live in A-meri-ca which is where YOU come from. All
Australian snakes are perfectly harmless, can be safely handled and
make good pets.

19. Q: I have a question about a famous animal in Australia, but I
forget its name. It’s a kind of bear and lives in trees. (USA)
A: It’s called a Drop Bear. They are so called because they drop out
of gum trees and eat the brains of anyone walking underneath them. You
can scare them off by spraying yourself with human urine before you go
outwalking.

21. Q: I was in Australia in 1966 on R+R, and I want to contact the
girl I dated while I was staying in Kings Cross. Can you help? (USA)
A: Yes, and you will still have to pay her by the hour.

22. Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA)
A: Yes, but you’ll have to learn it first.

Another blogging tip that comes to mind is that as you develop your blogging persona and style, people will start to send you cool stuff like this list so you can share it with your readers… It’s  totally win-win-win.

26 Things we have learned from movies

1. Large, loft-style apartments in New York City are well within the price range of most people whether they are employed or not.
2. At least one of a pair of identical twins is born evil.
3. Should you decide to defuse a bomb, don’t worry which wire to cut. You will always choose the right one.
4. Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override communications system of any invading alien society.
5. It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts – your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.
6. When you turn out the light to go to bed, everything in your bedroom will still be clearly visible, just slightly bluish.
7. If you are blonde and pretty, it is possible to become a world expert on nuclear fission at the age of 22.
8. Honest and hard working policemen are traditionally gunned down three days before their retirement.
9. Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their archenemies using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gasses, lasers, and man-eating sharks, which will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape.
10. During all police investigations, it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once.
11. All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets that reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to waist level on the man lying beside her.
12. All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French bread.
13. It’s easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.
14. Once applied, lipstick will never rub off even while scuba diving.
15. You’re very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.
16. When they are alone, all foreign military officers prefer to speak to each other in English.
17. The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.
18. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will whine when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
    If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.
19. If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear.
20. Word processors never display a cursor on screen, but will always say: “Enter Password Now”.
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23. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
24. If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you meet will know all the steps.
25. Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite.

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One of our employees was called on  Wednesday from ‘VISA’, and I was called on Thursday from  ‘Master Card’.. The scam works like this: Caller: ‘This is  (name), and I’m calling from the Security and Fraud  Department at VISA. My Badge number is 12460. You r card has  been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I’m  calling to verify. This would be on your VISA card which was  issued by (name of bank). Did you purchase an  Anti-Telemarketing Device for $497.99 from a Marketing  company based in ?’

When you say ‘No’, the caller  continues with, ‘Then we will be issuing a credit to your  account. This is a company we have been watching and the  charges range from $297 to $497, just under the $500  purchase pattern that flags most cards. Before your next  statement, the credit will be sent to (gives you your  address), is that correct?’

You say ‘yes’. The caller  continues – ‘I will be starting a Fraud investigation. If  you have any questions, you should call the 1- 800 number  listed on the back of your card (1-800 -VISA) and ask for  Security.’

You will need to refer to this Control  Number. The caller then gives you a 6 digit number. ‘Do you  need me to read it again?’

Here’s the IMPORTANT part  on how the scam works.

The caller then says, ‘I need to verify you are in  possession of your card’. He’ll ask you to ‘turn your card  over and look for some numbers’. There are 7 numbers; the  first 4 are part of your card number, the next 3 are the  security Numbers that verify you are the possessor of the  card. These are the numbers you sometimes use to make  Internet purchases to prove you have the card. The caller  will  ask you to read the 3 numbers to him.  After you tell the caller the 3 numbers, he’ll say, ‘That is  correct, I just needed to verify that the card has not been  lost or stolen, and that you still have your card. Do you  have any other questions?’ After you say No, the caller then  thanks you and states, ‘Don’t hesitate to call back if you  do, and hangs up.

You  actually say very little, and they never ask for or tell you  the Card number… But after one of our friends was called on Wednesday, they  called back within 20 minutes to ask a question.. Are they glad they did! The REAL VISA Security Department told them it was a scam and in the last 15 minutes a new purchase of  $497.99 was charged to their card.

Long story – short -  they made a real fraud report and closed the VISA account.  VISA is reissuing them a new number.  What  the scammers want is the 3-digit PIN number on the back of  the card Don’t give it to them.  Instead, tell them you’ll call VISA or Master card directly  for verification of their conversation. The real VISA told  them that they will never ask for anything on the card as they  already know the information since they issued the card! If  you give the scammers your 3 Digit PIN Number, you think  you’re receiving a credit. However, by the time you get your  statement you’ll see charges for purchases you didn’t make,  and by then it’s almost too late and/or more difficult to  actually file a fraud report.

What makes this more  remarkable is that on Thursday, my friends got a call from a ‘Jason  Richardson of Master Card’ with a word-for-word repeat of  the VISA scam. This time they didn’t let him finish. They hung up!  They filed a police report, as instructed by VISA. The police  said they are taking several of these reports daily! They  also urged us to tell everybody we know that this scam is  happening.

Please  pass this on to all your family, friends and neighbours. By  informing each other, we protect each  other.

New  Credit Card Scam
Snopes.Com says this is  true.

Exponential Distinction to prevent this sort of credit card scam:

Don’t give out any new information – track the caller’s phone number (if possible), get their employee ID and tell them you’ll call them back get their phone number (to give to the police). Then call the credit card company using the number on your statement instead of the number they gave you. That way you know who YOU are calling.

We do this EVERY TIME our credit card company calls us – WITHOUT EXCEPTION. They are used to it by now.

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