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Biglizard1 05-19-2009 08:50 PM

Credit Card company called with news...
 
Some puke in Sweden tried to run a charge on my credit card twice in the last two days... thankfully the card company caught it and now I get to receive a new card... change all passwords... on all accounts....totally not the way I wanted to spend the week.....:mad:

Emjaysmash 05-19-2009 08:52 PM

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Sorry to hear about the annoyance. Atleast they caught it. I'd rather have to create new accounts then be thousands of dollars in the hole. Good luck!!

WildBlueSooner 05-19-2009 08:53 PM

Re: Credit Card company called with news...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Biglizard1 (Post 389721)
Some puke in Sweden tried to run a charge on my credit card twice in the last two days... thankfully the card company caught it and now I get to receive a new card... change all passwords... on all accounts....totally not the way I wanted to spend the week.....:mad:

Happened to me too! $1200 and $70! I got a call on Sunday...bastards

MedicCook 05-19-2009 08:54 PM

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Good catch by the credit card company David.

awsmith4 05-19-2009 08:56 PM

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I got a similar call once when I magically bought gas in Marietta, GA and Montreal within about 10mins time, glad they caught it for you :tu

htown 05-19-2009 08:59 PM

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I also got a call Sunday and someone tried to make a purchase in Sweden.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biglizard1 (Post 389721)
Some puke in Sweden tried to run a charge on my credit card twice in the last two days... thankfully the card company caught it and now I get to receive a new card... change all passwords... on all accounts....totally not the way I wanted to spend the week.....:mad:


Biglizard1 05-19-2009 08:59 PM

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yeah... they did a good catch. they did not catch two smaller amounts.. less than 20 dollars each though.. i can live with those cause of the delay, i couldn't have handled the others that they did catch.... woulda sunk my ship

WildBlueSooner 05-19-2009 09:00 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by htown (Post 389752)
I also got a call Sunday and someone tried to make a purchase in Sweden.

Mine did not say if it was in Sweden or not...I am very curious now!

htown 05-19-2009 09:01 PM

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I am curious where David buys his cigars?

Biglizard1 05-19-2009 09:02 PM

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never from there

htown 05-19-2009 09:03 PM

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Me either


Quote:

Originally Posted by Biglizard1 (Post 389763)
never from there


Biglizard1 05-19-2009 09:10 PM

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i keep accurate account of where the billing for any purchases originates from, i would have caught these but would have been late for the catch cause I dont use this card often. that is part of the reason they caught it.

kaelaria 05-19-2009 09:15 PM

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Ug I hate that. It happened to me once a few years ago - tons of small transactions - I had to fight the bank though - BoA sucks for customer service.

JE3146 05-19-2009 09:19 PM

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Anyone noticing an increased frequency of these things happening?

Biglizard1 05-19-2009 09:22 PM

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weird the way they tried to adjust the amount to find an accepted level of theft...
high low high low low, really high..

BORIStheBLADE 05-19-2009 11:23 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JE3146 (Post 389814)
Anyone noticing an increased frequency of these things happening?


I was thinking the same thing. I've noticed this happening to a lot of Visa card holders.

kayak_rat 05-20-2009 08:52 AM

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This has been happening with vendors from Switzerland. From my reading, it has more to do with the company they use for transactions. The number is not getting lifted from the store itself.

krevo 05-20-2009 03:33 PM

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This happened to me yesterday. Luckily after 3 test charges of the same amount went through from somewhere in Switzerland, my bank called me. Then two more of the same dollar amounts from Skype*UK showed up, my bank shut the card off.

He got away with 3 $.05 test charges and two charges for $33.89

BeerAdvocate 05-20-2009 03:43 PM

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I keep my cards maxed out with cigar purchases, that way there isnt any room for someone else to charge anything on it.


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