i am now a member

[nbpgt]

im now a member of a small but growing group of americans who have fallen victim to credit card fraud.. my bank statement would seem to reflect that i have an odd love for the finer things you can find at rural truck (fuel) stops in texas... not to sure how whoever got my numbers to my debit card, but they went on over a 1g tear of shopping of getting low rent porn & stuffed animals, along with a few t shirts & trucker hats... i would imagine they used some sort of scanning device either planted at the gas pump, an atm machine, or some untrustworthy waiter. then copied my info onto another bank card, ran it a few times for a dollar or so to make sure it was a legit number, then went after it.. BUT on the other hand, it may be that the person knew somone on the inside of the gas stations, that essentially helped the perp "wash" the money.. ie. buy things, then return it for the money....


good news - 1) i caught it extremely early
2) i will get all my money back

bad news - 1) it is already a pain in my ass
2) my account is frozen now & will be for up to about 4-5 weeks
3) i am going to have to fill out all sorts of paperwork to clear it & my name up.

big ups to my broke azz

[Steve Graham]

jesus mate, so sorry to hear that. I fucking hate hearing about that happening to people. I am so glad that you did catch it early, and it can get sorted, but you being the one that has to be inconvenienced really blows!

When I worked for Zales I caught alot of people trying to open accounts under other peoples names, it was very gratifying to catch the ones we caught, but it just makes you wonder how many do get thru the cracks.

Anyway.. again, glad it is going to be sorted!

[skahound]

Man that sucks. I just got hit a few days ago by some porno web cam site. Turns out after emailing the company to find out WTF? that the charges stem from some German IP address. Fucking Germans...can't be trusted...just look at history. Anyhow, thankfully mine was only $80 in damage and is being fully refunded by the company. Kudos for finding it early and getting it kicked!

[nbpgt]

yeah it sucks.. i wish i knew how this happened so i could warn others, but allas i have no clue how it was done & how long they have had my numbers or info for.

[buckman]

that happened to my dad..luckliy enough all they did was charge 2 first class round trip tickets to florida.Since then he's gotten his money back and everything else is aok

[RuOnPoint]

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That sucks the big one. Good looking out, catching it before it got too big. Could you imagine the people who get mortgages taken out in thier names with out knowing? That's some crazy shit.

[day_for_night]

be careful about your credit rating man...shit like this can fuck up a person's credit for YEARS. make sure you check with a credit bureau after the smoke has cleared to see that your credit reflects what it should.

hope they catch the bastards...

[palmer]

This is only shit I've ever read about happening to some poor sap.... now it rings true in the halls of ms. Not cool. I'm pretty lax at throwing my numbers around, leaving my card in machines, not closing my tabs and leaving the card at the bar...etc. I should really be more careful.

I hope you get your shit straight man. One can only imagine how long you have spent "on hold" trying to contact all those fucking companies.


What would you say to those people, face to face, that stole your digits?

[Garrick]

be glad you caught it early. its a fucking hassle, i know... but at least it is being corrected. it could have been a lot worse. fucking dallas... i knew there was a reason i didn't want to move there.

[Pataky P]

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Thanks for the link!Great!!!!!!!

[qwerty2222]

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sad thing what happend to you, good thing you"re getting your money back
i heard on tv last week that some guy from romania use to shop in the us with false credit cards and was caught and the billing for him to be trield in freedom was set for 1 million dollars, for fear of getting outside us
this type of fraud is very often these days, even if the online shopping is getting more secure

[Garrick]

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Thanks for the link!Great!!!!!!!

[nbpgt]

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well this week still sucks.. all those charges havent gone through yet so i cant start paperwork until beginning of next week. & this was a debit card linked to me checking account so i dont think this will affect my credit.. & if it did, it doesnt bother me much being as i just bought a house... but i am gonna pass that by one of the credit check places just for safe measure...

& sometime monday after i canceled my card, they tried to get about 600 worth of shit from a tractor supply place where it was declined.. unfortunately merchants just hand the card back & do nothing with notifying authorities..

& now the bank is jacking me around for the account i share with the wife.. so i gotta straighten them out otherwise my bills wont get paid..

will keep an update as its available..
but form now on, i think im gonna pay cash whenever at a bar / resuraunt, no tabs... just to help minimize my exposure..

[FM]

well, you can look back to when the charges started, then go back from there a bit and think where you used your card at...if it's a lot of places, sure it's tough, but otherwise, you could kind of figure out how it was possible.

I'm in that semi-boat too; lost my cell phone a few weeks ago, by the time I cancelled it a nice tab had been run up (just got the bill today)...so that's going to be a ball to sort out and get rid of....

real a-holes out there who just don't give a damn

[TomTom]

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Thanks for the link!Great!!!!!!!

Where would we be without your enlightning remarks, Pataky. :P