[dkp2LT]

Just happened to me last week - but no way it happened from this site because of the way I handle my on-line transactions here.

Person bought some stuff and tried to open a match.com account (probably to test the #). Had everything taken off within 2 days by my cc company.

I use quicken and check all my accounts daily.

No clue how they got the number but there are 100's of ways they're stolen. CC company closed the account and overnighted me new cards for free. Zero hassle.

[INTIMIDAT3R]

There's also a bright side to all this... you don't drive a Mustang.

[strych9]

Originally Posted by dkp2LT

Just happened to me last week - but no way it happened from this site because of the way I handle my on-line transactions here.

Person bought some stuff and tried to open a match.com account (probably to test the #). Had everything taken off within 2 days by my cc company.

I use quicken and check all my accounts daily.

No clue how they got the number but there are 100's of ways they're stolen. CC company closed the account and overnighted me new cards for free. Zero hassle.

There's a recent scam where thieves are using a computer to generate possible CC number combinations, and they test them on a small purchase. If it works, they go for the big score. It happened to me, and my bank caught it right away. They called me before allowing the "big" charge. They refunded the small charge, changed my CC number and no problems since.

[LoneStar]

Your CC number can just as easily be stolen at a restaurant or fast food place. Happened to me last year, and I rarely do any online shopping (other than using PayPal).

[Mr pogo]

sometimes employees sell cc info without their employers knowledge.
last year I rebuilt my 4L60E and used my amex cc to order parts from 3 legit companies.
prior to that I hadnt used the card in months.
so few weeks later boom somebody uses my card info to buy from walmart.com and amex emails me is that me?
after talking to them they give me a new card and remove the charges.
so yeah you got to be alert.

[Jarvin]

Originally Posted by INTIMIDAT3R

Call the companies and cancel the cards and let them know what happened and dispute any charges.

Call the credit bureaus and put a "freeze" on your credit.

My credit card is since yesterday disabled.
Unfortunately I have lost till now almost $4000.

[Jarvin]

Originally Posted by LoneStarCamaro

Your CC number can just as easily be stolen at a restaurant or fast food place. Happened to me last year, and I rarely do any online shopping (other than using PayPal).

Unlikely. I have used this CC only for online orders.

[90503]

Originally Posted by Jarvin

My credit card is since yesterday disabled.
Unfortunately I have lost till now almost $4000.

You aren't responsible for having to pay fraudulent charges...do the leg-work, make some calls, get them removed...no worries...

[willhe64]

What do you mean lost $4000? Dispute those charges. You are not liable for someone else using your card fraudulently.

[Jarvin]

Originally Posted by willhe64

What do you mean lost $4000? Dispute those charges. You are not liable for someone else using your card fraudulently.

Until now is the money gone. I have no idea how long it lasted until I get my money back. The policeman and my bank said to me that the CC insurance will refund me the expenses.

I hope that.

[Ghost1LE]

Originally Posted by Jarvin

Until now is the money gone. I have no idea how long it lasted until I get my money back. The policeman and my bank said to me that the CC insurance will refund me the expenses.

I hope that.

Your money will be refunded to you fairly quickly.

When a fraudulent charge occurs, it is on the Merchant who accepted the charge to pay for it, part of the downfall of being an E-Commerce business. The thief doesn't get any punishment in this case..

[Kerr]

also it doesnt have to be on line, I got hit two years ago for $10K in 4 hours. Card info came from a gas station. who ever the banks use to work these cases said there are pople out there with a blank card, and scanners.. Not really sure how it all works but from what i was told, They simpley use this blank credit card at any place, in my case it was the gas pump i used.. they pull in swipe there card and it some how pulls 25-50 card numbers that where swiped before it. He also told me that they have scanners, and all you have to do is walk by. Its a highley modifed version of "quick pass" that you see at some check outs where you just touch the card close to the thing..

It took a year to get everything worked out on my end, and to be honest im not sure i ever got all my money back.. also after wards the bank raised my interest rate, So i siad F u and closed all my accounts with them.

Also this summer there was a "breach" at big bank. they send out new cards but i heard that there where over 500,000 people affected.. I didnt get any charges on mine, but i left for vacation two days after my new cards, and they shut them off.. Talk about POED, visa and debit, on mine and the wifes shut off when we where out of town.. That conversation on the phone was not very friendly

Id call your bank, they can tell you the routing numbers of the transactions, also the state they use in. Id also cancle all orders even the ones you made. Id also call ( im drawing a blank) the people that keep track you credit and let them know so they can make a note on your file, just incase.

[Mr. iNCREDIBLE]

any body actually catch the fact that the OP is from Germany, and he made purchases from American based Internet companies?

don't assume that the rules we have in the USA for credit card fraud are the same elsewhere, and definitely do not assume that international charges carry the same protection as domestic charges do.

chances are the OP is out the $4,000 if his government (I have no idea) doesn't have the same type of rules and regulations regarding fraudulent credit card transactions as the US Gov't has.

saw a similar thread on the mopar forums from a guy in Sweden several years back, and he was basically SOL for $3000 in an exhaust system and shipping he "bought" online from an American Internet company that never shipped the item and had international calls blocked on their phone service so he couldn't call them.
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I got hit by this scam last week, 3 transactions for under 50 cents, bank caught it, and then a $3,600 transaction tried to come thru..

still waiting for my replacement Debit card..

Originally Posted by strych9

There's a recent scam where thieves are using a computer to generate possible CC number combinations, and they test them on a small purchase. If it works, they go for the big score. It happened to me, and my bank caught it right away. They called me before allowing the "big" charge. They refunded the small charge, changed my CC number and no problems since.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Jarvin

Hello,

I've some questions.*
This month, I have ordered some car parts for my Camaro, from 4 merchants on the Internet.*
I paid by credit card.*

Now I'm a victim of credit card fraud.*

Today I was at the police in order to make a report.*

That is never happened to me.*
I have a suspicion but no proof. Therefore I'll no name anyone.*

Is that also happened to anyone of you, this month?
And what do you think, how are my odds to find out who the impostor is?*

I know that will not change anything but at the moment, I'm quite unsure whether I shall ever again trust an Internet merchant.*

This is since 4 years of credit card payments my first negative experience with American Internet shops.*
I had never thought that that could happen to me.*

Damn, it makes me wanna puke. *

Honestly, even filing a police report is useless. You are better off going through your credit card company fraud protection for any real action. They launch their own private investigations.

A couple years back my company sent several of us to Puerto Rico to stay at the Rio Mar resort to receive this award thing. We were all given stipends, but we had to give our credit card numbers to the hotel front desk for financial holds for the rooms, and we were later reimbursed.

Basically, each and every one of us there had all sorts of charges from places all over the states by the time we came back because the staff at the Rio Mar were had some thing going on where they were stealing and using the numbers. As far as I know, most of us (myself included) took action by going through our credit provider who changed the numbers, denied the payouts, etc.