10 Unauthorized Charges Today

**chillyd** · #1 (**permalink**) 12-06-2008, 11:11 PM

WTF! Somebody really went to town on my card today. The thing that bothers me is I wonder how they got my information.

The only thing I bought in the past week or so was a adsoncraigs.

Anybody else get charged up today?

chillyd

kevinfoster · #2 (**permalink**) 12-06-2008, 11:15 PM

I recently had my paypal login - password compromised and had change my email and password. It's getting crazy out there.

SteveO · #3 (**permalink**) 12-06-2008, 11:16 PM

Might be a good idea and recall what other places you've used your card.
I remember someone swiping cards at a local restaurant. Of course they got caught.

**chillyd** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-06-2008, 11:28 PM

yeah what a bunch of turds. Oh well. Just glad it wasn't my debit card.

**justthinking** · #5 (**permalink**) 12-06-2008, 11:33 PM

Why don't you use a one-time VCC? At least if anybody else tried to use it, it would reject the charge.

raunchy · #6 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 12:06 AM

Well a lot of people are apparently getting scammed by adsoncraigs so I wouldn't be surprised:

See the comments in this post:
http://swance.com/index.php/2008/11/...grammer-drama/

the_demon · #7 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 12:15 AM

That's why I paid the $5 for a paypal security device. It generates a 6 digit code for which, in addition to paypal's standard login details you must enter the 6 digit code on your device. Also bank of America offers the same thing for their cards for $20. RIP OFFS. But better than having you account hacked. BOA also offers a nice video explaining more about the card so if you use them i suggest spending 5 minutes of your time. [I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH EITHER COMPANIES]

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**xbox360gurl70s** · #8 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 02:34 AM

keyloggers are a plenty nowadays. so be wary guys, holiday seasons brings out the shopping mood of some locos

**fun4uoc** · #9 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 02:47 AM

Thousands of debit cards got hit today. My cousin was one of them.

**Belexandor** · #10 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 03:20 AM

Justthinking is dead on about this one. P@yp@l VCCs are the safest route by far. Just about anyone will sell your CC number these days. My amex got hit once for three .02 charges. Then, five $45 charges in a row. That's how they like to roll. Test the waters and then BAM! Lucky I caught it in time.

**AlphaBeta7** · #11 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 04:43 AM

A lot of people are getting money taken out of their accounts; PP and CC by a company named "dri". Check and see if its anything like that. Its some new thing that is happening to thousands of people.

**fun4uoc** · #12 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 04:54 AM

Yeah, it was really bad, $1,800 out of his account. Luckily the bank is covering it.

ibnorm · #13 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by helloall

Why today? From what???

Sghort blah bksr

Last year someone who worked for a CC company sold thousands numbers in one day. Mine being one of those, and my bank took a week to notify me by mail. Could be one those type deals.

**AlphaBeta7** · #14 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 03:11 PM

That happened to me a few years back too. Sucked majorly. The bank fixed it obviously but I had to get a new bank account # a new debit card # a new CC number, etc. It was a pain.

**fun4uoc** · #15 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 03:14 PM

His came almost immediately after making a purchase at cabellas.com. Guess it could have been some nasty spyware.

**AlphaBeta7** · #16 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 05:13 PM

Did he say anything to them about it? I would. Even if there was no real proof.

**fun4uoc** · #17 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaBeta7

Did he say anything to them about it? I would. Even if there was no real proof.

Oh yeah, first thing he did.

too short

MCMSinger · #18 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 05:29 PM

Chillyd,

As a ex-criminal I suspect a waiter at restaurant or at a store had used a skimming device on your credit card to clone it and then made a fake card with it.

**AlphaBeta7** · #19 (**permalink**) 12-07-2008, 07:27 PM

^^^^

Oh the message isint too short.. shut up