Don't you just hate it when your credit card goes on vac and doesn't take you. Yesterday the fraud dept. called and informed me of suspicious activity on my card and sure enough some one had gotten my number.I was about to call them because my statement was late(guess I know where my statement went, watch your mailbox). They were very nice and I will see no charges. This ever happen to you?
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Anonymous-0
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Kind of... Had a revolving acct at the military exchange. They went to a credit card type thing several years ago. I never got the card and had everything paid off. Went to get something a couple years ago and was blocked because they said I had an outstanding debt of a couple grand.
Just got it cleared up a month or so ago.
Dave
Just got it cleared up a month or so ago.
Dave
Yep, I got a card in the mail regarding my order. Couple problems, One my first mane isn't Brian. Second, I didn't order this stuff. Third, If I live here why would I ship my order to Chicago.
Long story short I had been thru Chicago and used the card exactly twice. Once at a hotel and once at a gas station. They spent a little over 1500 in four days mostly on mail order stuff. Who ever it was had access to a machine because they would charge a buck to see if the card was still active, then make a purchase. The card company, who never contacted me, ate it all as far as I know, but it could have been pushed back on the vendors that sold the goods. I just know it wasn't me.....
Long story short I had been thru Chicago and used the card exactly twice. Once at a hotel and once at a gas station. They spent a little over 1500 in four days mostly on mail order stuff. Who ever it was had access to a machine because they would charge a buck to see if the card was still active, then make a purchase. The card company, who never contacted me, ate it all as far as I know, but it could have been pushed back on the vendors that sold the goods. I just know it wasn't me.....
Tom in TN
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4 bottom,
I've had fraud on a credit card twice in the past. The first time was years ago when merchants swiped the card in a machine that left an impression on a paper invoice. I was travelling and some one swiped my card onto multiple paper invoices and then processed the bills over a couple of weeks.
The other time, I lost my wallet and some one used my card at a couple of different out of state gas stations.
In both cases, the charges were reversed and the whole thing was handled quickly and easily.
Tom in TN
I've had fraud on a credit card twice in the past. The first time was years ago when merchants swiped the card in a machine that left an impression on a paper invoice. I was travelling and some one swiped my card onto multiple paper invoices and then processed the bills over a couple of weeks.
The other time, I lost my wallet and some one used my card at a couple of different out of state gas stations.
In both cases, the charges were reversed and the whole thing was handled quickly and easily.
Tom in TN
Nancy Howell
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Had my wallet stolen once. Didn"t discover it for a few hours. I was on the phone with the cc company reporting the theft when another charge came in.
One of the charges was at a liquor store with surveillance cameras. The police did nothing to catch the thief.
Bottom line, it didn"t cost me anything. It does cost the merchant because the cc company denies the charges and the merchant is out their goods.
One of the charges was at a liquor store with surveillance cameras. The police did nothing to catch the thief.
Bottom line, it didn"t cost me anything. It does cost the merchant because the cc company denies the charges and the merchant is out their goods.
Eldon (WA)
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Someone used our credit card numbers last year, assume it was some lowlife in a business we had bought something at....Discovery took care of it and issued a new card. The biggest problem was changing the numbers on bills that were backed up by the credit card or any auto payments. Now whenever I'm on the road and using a lot of fuel my wife gets a call from them to check...and vice versa when she is gone...when we both are gone we have had our credit card suspended if we make too many purchases. Then we have to call in and verify information. Kind of a hassle, but at least they are monitoring things....
Couple of times - once on a trip I used our company credit card for gas and a few weeks later some charges were made with that CC number to a Walmart for several cell phones. Never have used the card that way since. Second time, using my own card, was at a restaurant. Both times the bogus charges were taken off the accounts.
teddy52food
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Reading all this, I am glad I don't have a credit card. Looks like I never will.
I got hit once on a field trip. Travelling from Kentucky to Kansas City for the National FFA Convention. I was driving a school bus and stopped somewhere in Missouri to fill up with diesel. When I took the kids to dinner that night and they ran my card the fraud prevention people at Chase blocked it. Seems my card had been used in that 6 hour span to buy stuff all over the east coast. I had another card that took care of dinner and the rest of the trip but it was annoying.
Anonymous-0
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Yabbut my card didn't get to go anywhere. It just bought some stuff I never got to see.
There are promotional emails from legitimate appearing companies that put your credit card into play with a couple test charges and then some big hits. I still get the emails.
I got hit eighteen months ago, and those folks had some chutzpah!
After Discover changed my card number and cancelled the charges, the company sent me a letter telling me card "had been declined" and included a bill. I explained the apparent scheme to them and they said they'd cancel the bill.
A couple months later, I got a letter from a collection agency demanding payment. They asked me if the bill was fraudulent and I explained the scam to them. They agreed to cancel the bill after telling me they sent a collection letter on everything that was "referred" to them.
Meanwhile, Discover had got hit enough times with this same scam that they called in the FBI. The FBI sent me a letter asking me to confirm that the Discover documents were actually mine.
Six months later, I got another letter from the FBI telling me they were ending the investigation because of a lack of evidence. I assume that's shorthand for offshore perpetrators.
There are promotional emails from legitimate appearing companies that put your credit card into play with a couple test charges and then some big hits. I still get the emails.
I got hit eighteen months ago, and those folks had some chutzpah!
After Discover changed my card number and cancelled the charges, the company sent me a letter telling me card "had been declined" and included a bill. I explained the apparent scheme to them and they said they'd cancel the bill.
A couple months later, I got a letter from a collection agency demanding payment. They asked me if the bill was fraudulent and I explained the scam to them. They agreed to cancel the bill after telling me they sent a collection letter on everything that was "referred" to them.
Meanwhile, Discover had got hit enough times with this same scam that they called in the FBI. The FBI sent me a letter asking me to confirm that the Discover documents were actually mine.
Six months later, I got another letter from the FBI telling me they were ending the investigation because of a lack of evidence. I assume that's shorthand for offshore perpetrators.
Haven't been hit (knock on wood) but have had card company call a couple of times to verify spending in a location far from home (wife went to the Calgary Stampede last summer, card company called to tell me, in essence, that someone was spending money like a drunken sailor up there).
I get nervous in the "better" restaurants when the waitress says "I'll be your cashier" and disappears into the back with your card. If you tell them you won't let the card out of your sight, its implying that she is a crook. Kinda awkward- so far, I haven't had the nerve to "just say no".
I get nervous in the "better" restaurants when the waitress says "I'll be your cashier" and disappears into the back with your card. If you tell them you won't let the card out of your sight, its implying that she is a crook. Kinda awkward- so far, I haven't had the nerve to "just say no".
Yep, I had my company card number swiped by someone in the billing department of a major hotel chain. The way I found out I got a call one evening around 9PM from Western Union asking if I was authorizing a charge for X amount from somewhere down in GA to send some kind of money gram. Needless to say I was at home in NC and told them as much. I think they finally found the person that swiped the number because they had used it to not only sign up for online colledge courses but has also bought stuff from Victoria Secret, etc. I was never held responsible for any of the fraudulent charges but I did get Victoria Secret catalogs sent to me at my billing address at work for a while.
MarkB_MI
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Credit card companies are very good about detecting fraud on credit cards. That's because they're on the hook for almost all of the fraudulent charges. On the other hand, they have a lot more latitude when the fraud involves a debit card. That's why you should be very careful about using a debit card to pay for online purchases.
Anonymous-0
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a good way to have ID theft is from your Hotel room key card NEVER NEVER leave it in the room when you check out take it and destroy it. all you info is on the room card
MarkB_MI
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Marlowe, that's absurd. Why would the key contain any information other than what is required to open the lock?
Snopes sez NOPE
Snopes sez NOPE
Anonymous-0
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glade you think so. next time you use a room card and your done with it send it to me. I'm not talking motel 6 but better ones where you charge every thing to your room card that is how they track chargers
john *.?-!.* cub owner
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y son used to work for a hotel with the cards, there is no information on them, only a code to unlock the door. And with most of them even that expires when your checkout time comes.
I had my social security number stolen while I was in the hospital once. Someone used it to buy a large batch of stuff from Sears, but their fraud department caught it.
MarkB_MI
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The room key is a read-only device that only contains a code. Whey they "program" your key by swiping it, they are READING the key's code into the computer and matching it with your account.
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