FFS! Another of my credit cards cancelled!

[Neil]

A year or so ago two bogus transactions popped up on my credit card. They were obviously not legit as they consisted of two indian meals at over £250 a pop! So that card was cancelled and I went through all the hassle of moving over to a new card number... I've since moved to a new card company, and guess what, more bogus transactions have now popped up this month... So, here we go again...

[MinionZombie]

Damn man, I know exactly how much of a pain in the ass it is with such a thing. Back in uni I had a bogus transaction - £251 of ... vitamins ... who the hell buys THAT many vitamins?! Anyway, scared the bejesus out of me and I went into a blind panic ... then rang my Mum to see what I was supposed to do, then dealt with the card folk and had to have it cancelled and was credit card-less for a week, which was rather annoying ... at least it temporarily (forcefully) sated my online spending spree at the time. Been okay since *touches wood*, but aye, it's a right pain in the arse.

[Maitreya]

Ouch. You've got no idea how that's happening?

[DjfunkmasterG]

Here in the states there was reports of people hacking the slide machines at cash registers. The little machine you slide your card through? Well it stores all the data for a given days transactions until it is reset for the next business day. People where steeling the machines and/or hacking them and getting credit card info. It was a pain in the ass. But most of all now it is just jack-offs selling your information to their friends. Two years ago when I moved into DC I wrote the moving company a check. Well one of the movers took the routing number and account number and started paying bills for friends in exchange for cash... Well they caught him, I got my money back, but he ran me $5,000 in the hole. I just recently went to his sentencing hearing, he was charge with felony ID theft and Grand larceny. I said to the judge I believe everyone deserves a second chane no matter what, but the DA informed me he has had 8 or 9 already... so maybe this time we could teach him a lesson and lock him away for a while. So they did. I think they gave him over 2 years, which is nothing but at least his ass got locked up. A similar thing happened to my mo, as well so I feel your pain Neil... I do

[HLS]

Here in the states there was reports of people hacking the slide machines at cash registers. The little machine you slide your card through? Well it stores all the data for a given days transactions until it is reset for the next business day. People where steeling the machines and/or hacking them and getting credit card info. It was a pain in the ass. But most of all now it is just jack-offs selling your information to their friends. Two years ago when I moved into DC I wrote the moving company a check. Well one of the movers took the routing number and account number and started paying bills for friends in exchange for cash... Well they caught him, I got my money back, but he ran me $5,000 in the hole. I just recently went to his sentencing hearing, he was charge with felony ID theft and Grand larceny. I said to the judge I believe everyone deserves a second chane no matter what, but the DA informed me he has had 8 or 9 already... so maybe this time we could teach him a lesson and lock him away for a while. So they did. I think they gave him over 2 years, which is nothing but at least his ass got locked up. A similar thing happened to my mo, as well so I feel your pain Neil... I do I mean I AM SUPRISED people think they can get away with it. I mean just about anything can be traced these days. You be amazed at how many people have access to your personal infomation. I used to do customer service and fraud investigation for credit card company/retail and home loans for companies like Home Hepot, brooks brothers, Old Navy, Gap etc... I had access to everyones credit bureau reports, social security numbers, addresses, checking numbers.....i have seen the cops come in and arrest some not so honest employees. There is just no real security of your personal info anymore. Thank god I have bad credit. I have nothing worth stealing .

[Dawg]

It was at least five years ago before I was married. I went to a local Target store to buy a CD with my friend and found an additional $80 plus dollars charge on my account when I got my statement awhile later. I called Target and they wouldn't give me any info of when the transaction took place or anything and had to go through my Credit Union. They investigated and discovered that someone rang up the bogus charge about 15 minutes after I left the store! (I only bought a $15 CD.) The Credit Union said that the card had to have been there for that charge and asked if I was sure if I didn't buy something. I of course didn't and was credited the full amount back. (My Credit Union isn't like the major credit card companies where only after the first $50 is credited back.) I get everything back from the first penny. I believe it was an employee who somehow did it. Anyway, nothing has happened since. 'Knock on wood!' (Weird how that differs from England's 'Touches wood.', huh?) Dawg