Check your Credit Card Bills guys...I've just been run up for $250+

[djchemistry]

I was bored as usual and decided to check my online cc account. I bank with BofA by the way. Lo and behold Russian shows up on my bill. Now I don't speak a foreign language and have never pretended to so I called up one of the companies listed. Shipments of ACDSee have been sent to Minsk, Russia to one Mr. Vitali Zasimovich. If you guys want his email addy it's axelen@usa.com. I especially like the usa.com part. Anyway this is just another example of why checking up on your cc bill is pretty important.

Hope this is not too off-topic for the mods. Thanks.

 

[bonkers325]

damn another scam jeez :|

 

[randadore]

dang, thanks for the heads up. gonna check my cc right now...

i hate when stuff like this happens. unnecessary hassles! :|

 

[zmatrix]

Yeah this thing with the scams from Russia have been going on for a while. I check my cc often since I bought stuff from sites that were supposedly hit. Lucky it hasn't happened to me yet.

 

[KaOTiK]

You sure the charge wasnt for the mail order bride? jk

Kao

 

[HawkeyeNJ]

Best is to use a CHECKING debit (BALANCE ONLY) credit card. I open one up 4 online orders only and keep a low balance. No charge can be higher then balance in the account.

 

[zmatrix]

hahaha...ehem..not funny

 

[djchemistry]

Man if only this guy was on my continent. I'd personally drive over and get "medieval on his a@@." lol. I always wanted to say that. I'm not kidding either.

 

[foo]

Any idea where the "leak" is coming from? The last one was suspected to have come from Egghead.

 

[djchemistry]

This guy hit me up big at DIGITALRIVER.COM

 

[HawkeyeNJ]

Hey djchemistry did u have the same look as her FACE when u found out ?

 

[HawkeyeNJ]

Thought this may be of interest got it from Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection site.



<< I just wanted to give the consumers a couple of answers they may have regarding using your credit card to buy anything on the internet. One particular story was regarding the &quot;1st Family Scam&quot; This person does state that American Express was a great asset. There's a few reasons for this, which are in the box below. Just so you'll know! >>




<< EVIDENCE_PROVIDED - I work with credit card chargebacks for a large corporation. I'm currently looking into work-at-home offers, which is how I came by this site. First of all, It's amazing that most people do not know some basic facts about your credit card. First of all...if a company does not get all three of a SIGNATURE, IMPRINT OF YOUR CARD, AND VALID AUTHORIZATION CODE, you can deny the charge(s) with your credit card company and the company who charged your card will have NO RECOURSE WITH THE BANK. >>



<< True..sometimes you'll have to call the credit card company every month for a few months, when they are charging you monthly as opposed to buying something one time...but after a few months, the credit card fraud department will take over! Remember...very very IMPORTANT..if they do not have all three SIG/IMP/AUTHO... you are not responsible for the charge ultimately. >>



<< This goes with EVERY SALE ON EVERY CARD!!!! And think about it... NO sales made thru are the internet are going to have your signature and imprint of your card...so you ARE on top even though sometimes may not seem like it! Even IF you gave autho over phone and even if they tape you authorizing a charge it does not matter!!!!! Companies will try to make you think differently. >>



<< Another important thing that nobody knows til they see it firsthand as with my job...there is major credit card fraud going on! Did you know that a person can actually STEAL your card #..NOT THE CARD..JUST THE #...they steal blank &quot;PLASTIC&quot; from the credit card companies and CREATE cards with their names on them!!!! I've seen LOTS of it..and in these cases..the SELLING COMPANY&quot; DOES get the signature, imprint, and approval code..so they are protected. If you see MULTIPLE charges on your card, BEWARE, and IMMEDIATELY contact the FRAUD department of your credit card company!!!! It's amazing the minds that these people have..it is just amazing!!!! So ALWAYS check your statments!!!! >>



<< Hope this helps at least one person, would be worth the effort and chance of losing my job! God bless! >>



<< Alert Posted 1999 (CC 99-5) >>

 

[djchemistry]

Hahaha...no not really. But thanks for the laugh. Boy...as Andrew Dice Clay would likely say, &quot;That's one ugly lookin' broad.&quot; More than anything I felt like I came across these guys.

You know what? I also found some re-occuring charges in Russian too. I couldn't call the company up because their name was in Russian and there were no phone numbers listed. All of the charges were around $35.00. I guess they thought they were slick with the varying charges.

 

[HawkeyeNJ]

She sure is ugly !

 

[proteus301]

Hey HawkeyeNJ - can you post the url to where you got the FTC quotes? Thats very interesting stuff.

Thanks!

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Re: the guy who suggested using debit cards:

Bad idea. Under federal law, consumers are rprotected agaisnt fraudulent credit card charges, ($0 liability if reported timely (I think within 3 days or so of the fraudulent charge, and in any event $50 maximum liability).

However, this protection does not apply to debit cards. If you get cleaned out, you have no recourse or consumer protection. I guess if you maintain just $50 in your bank account, then you can self-protect, but that's not much buying power on your debit card either.

 

[Bigdude]

My Wifes Visa card got stolen, but I didn't report it, because the guy that stole it, charges less than my Wife did!

 

[BrianRick111]

thanks for the heads up.

 

[HawkeyeNJ]

proteus301 c my next post here

 

[Sesopedalian]

Hey, djchemistry, I had a fraudulent charge on my card from Digital River also. Was about 5 months ago.

 

[Lars]

Bigdude

 

[HawkeyeNJ]

proteus301 here u go

read stuff here and there....... here r the urls

scamwatch

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection

FTC Names Its Dirty Dozen:12 Scams Most Likely to Arrive Via Bulk Email

They Steal Your Identity

Consumer Sentinel, an innovative, international law enforcement fraud-fighting program.

Sorry that is all I have left in my cache... there was more. But cleared it. I found them with a search on credit card fraud with MSM search engine

 

[patrickj]

American Express offers single use numbers for online transactions. I think that MBNA and First USA do too. I have been making all my online purchases this way. I think that its probably safer than having your active credit card and personal info stored on a site that may or may not be secure.

Just my 2 cents...

 

[bpt8056]

Someone just stole my CC and made four purchases in two hours. One purchase was $300+ and three other purchases were made at gas stations in TX. That person tried to make a fifth purchase of $500+, but the computer detected that as an usual activity and automatically put a block on that. This happened when I was on a business trip in TX a few days ago. The bank called me and told me about it....I didn't realize it was missing. Dang! The bank will reimburse the money that was charged once I sign an affidavit.

Check your CC statement monthly!!

 

[forkd]

It happened to me about a week ago. My credit card company called me and asked if I had ordered some things to be shipped to Indonesia. Of course I had to think long and hard before I told them no. They then went down the line of charges that had been hit in the last day for around $1,200.00 and I indicated they were not mine so they denied the charges and I don't have to pay a dime. USAA is the company that was on top of it if anyone wants to know.