A serious warning!!

[highwayman57]

Do yourself a favor and check your credit cards online for unauthorized charges— don’t wait until your monthly statement arrives. On Friday, I just happened to check my MBNA Visa card and found charges totaling $158 from UPS— someone obtained my credit card info and used it to set up a fraudulent internet shipping account in my name. I immediately called MBNA, who cancelled the card and closed the account. I called UPS and found out the shipper’s name and address, as well as the recipient’s name and address. Unfortunately, the rep from UPS told me that they were unable to close the shipping account— it had to be cancelled the same way it was set up, via the net.

I have my suspicions as to how my card info was acquired, but I don’t have any proof. The shipping account was set up at the same time as an order from Sideshow was processed, which may be pure coincidence. The other thing that bothers me was that when I first tried to log in to view my account, I got an error message that my username and password didn’t match. I had to reset my username and password, and then I saw the charges. It makes me suspect that someone at MBNA may have gotten ahold of my info. Fortunately, the shipping account had only been activated a week before, so I was able to catch it before very serious damage was done. Also, it’s not as if I use the card constantly— it is registered with only three online companies; Sideshow, PayPal, and MBNA. Also. I’m not in the habit of being careless with my credit cards, personal info, or passwords, and I can spot a phishing email or pharming site a mile away. Despite all this, somebody was able to get my card info, including the three-digit verification code on the back of the card!

So, take heed of this warning; the same thing could happen to you!

David Malin

[pjam]

Last week my credit card company called me to notify me a merchant account was compromised and my card number was on the list. I cancelled my card and was issued a new one. The timing of this is very similar.

[Bodie The Cursed]

I recently had someone in Italy,(I live in California) use my debt card info to have a $500.00 dinner, 3k in furnature, and then 1k in clothing..

I got my money back but it was a pain in the ass.. My bank said they had an actual card that they were swiping.. weird..

Also a few years back I had 6k taken overnight by some a-hole online gambling.. I soon found out it was my wife's ex boy friend.. Lets just say he fled the state and relocated to New Jersey..

[Jesseawilson]

I am so anal about money I check my bank account ballances daily, sometimes 2-3 times a day.

Is that wierd........



Jesse :confused:

[TheWitchKing]

Of course not Jew.....I mean Jesse. Oops :monkey1

[pjam]

I am so anal about money I check my bank account ballances daily, sometimes 2-3 times a day.

Is that wierd........



Jesse :confused:

Not these days. My Brother is a broker at Merrill Lynch and he said it takes months to restore stolen funds from ATM withdrawals, cash advances, etc.

[oxbeard]

I am so anal about money I check my bank account ballances daily, sometimes 2-3 times a day.

Is that wierd........



Jesse :confused:

Not at all, I do the same thing. And if I see a transaction I don't remember I immediately pick up the phone. Has saved me a couple of times so far.

[Agent0028]

I check mine nightly as well. A few months ago there was a scam at local gas stations where the pay at the pump machine was tampered with so when you swiped your debit card and entered the pin it sent the info to someone who manufactured fake cards or something. A similar incident happened at local restaurants too.

[oxbeard]

Yeah we had a scam at a restaurant a year or 2 ago. When the waiter left the table to run the card he would make an imprint or something of it and sell them to a card ring.

[hairlesswookiee]

Yeah we had a scam at a restaurant a year or 2 ago. When the waiter left the table to run the card he would make an imprint or something of it and sell them to a card ring.

someone i worked with got caught donig that. he ordered a couple Dell computers and was dumb enough to have them sent to HIS house.

[KAOSINLA]

I am so anal about money I check my bank account ballances daily, sometimes 2-3 times a day.

Is that wierd........



Jesse :confused:


I'm with you....I check all my accounts daily.

[gdb]

In April I got a letter saying that I would be recieving a new credit card as its number was on a web site whose security was in some way compromised. So no problem except I got in all sorts of SNAFUs trying to update my cc info on web sites with pre-orders.

I even lost a highly anticipated pre-order due to a merchant failing to accept my new cc info. for whatever reasons on his end.

Now I try to pre-pay with Paypal when possible to avoid that problem.

But all things considered I'd rather be a "victum" of SNAFUs resulting from my cc company being too cautious than an identity theft victum.

[dr2red]

I work at a bank and identity theft is serious stuff.
We have to be so careful when we process transactions.
It's fine with locals because you know them but with
a Casino now we get lots of out of towners who
think they don't need ID to take out money or
get cash advances. We had the gas station scam
up here as well. We always tell customers to keep
and eye on their accounts and credit cards.