Credit Card Fraud >:-(

[matt1215 0]

I called MBNA Friday to report CC fraud. Someone in Spain used my M/C# to buy $190 worth of webhosting from a provider in Australia. I should demand the admin password and have some fun with this guy since I did pay for his storefront.

What really tweaks my titties is this is the second CC fraud I've seen in a short time. In March, someone used my Visa# to open an AOL account. That was for $30 and I believe AOL ate it.

[warpedskydiver 0]

well at least they have his name and address in order to effect and arrest this time.

[matt1215 0]

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well at least they have his name and address in order to effect and arrest this time.

I hope they have more info than on the invoice they forwarded me. Basically an invoice with some tech-specs for the website, a domain name (which I looked up and has a 'Contact Us' address in Spain), my CC#, and expiration. No name, other than the cardholder name exactly as appears on my card.

[warpedskydiver 0]

Use ARIN to see who owns the site

[matt1215 0]

No dice

[LouDiamond 1]

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hat really tweaks my titties is this is the second CC fraud I've seen in a short time. In March, someone used my Visa# to open an AOL account

Which leads to the question, where are you using your CCs at that could be the potential source of them being compromised?

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[freeflir29 0]

Make sure you call a credit bureau and put a "Fraud Alert" on your name and social. It'll lock down your credit so no one can open any new accounts without your knowledge. If someone has been using your CC's you can bet they will just get a new one issued to them before you know it.

[matt1215 0]

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Which leads to the question, where are you using your CCs at that could be the potential source of them being compromised?

Pretty much everywhere I've done business for the past 5 years, both in person and on the net. I put just about everything on a credit card and pay for it when the bill comes. Not using the bank's random card-number generator for online stuff apparently bit me in the ass.

[matt1215 0]

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Make sure you call a credit bureau and put a "Fraud Alert" on your name and social. It'll lock down your credit so no one can open any new accounts without your knowledge. If someone has been using your CC's you can bet they will just get a new one issued to them before you know it.

I'll do that. I pulled my 3-agency credit and don't see anything I don't know about, as well as had new account numbers issued.

[slug 1]

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well at least they have his name and address in order to effect and arrest this time.

Don't work that way. The police have to be able to prove that the guy who did the dirty deed is the same dude that has the name and address.

The CC company's just charge it off as the cost of doing business and justify the high interest rate.

R.I.P.

[matt1215 0]

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The CC company's just charge it off as the cost of doing business.

I thought it affected the merchant in much the same way as if they deposited a check and said check bounced. That it came out of their account with whatever credit processor they were using and in turn, back to the card issuer. A forced counter-transaction initiated by the card issuer.

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The CC company's just charge it off as the cost of doing business.

I thought it affected the merchant in much the same way as if they deposited a check and said check bounced, that it came out of their account with whatever credit processor they were using.

Hi Matt

Good point, not sure how the merchants come out on the deal. I'm guessing some gear dealers have been stung.

We had a person using our CC ordering stuff over the phone, delivered to a home address, buying gas with liscense plate # etc.

I took it personnel fdollowed it up with the CC and the police, a non event.

R.I.P.

[Armour666 0]

that sucks, but I have to say what person signs up for an AOL account stolen card or not ?

LoL haveing the admin password could be quite entertaining

SO this one time at band camp.....

"Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most."

[matt1215 0]

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that sucks, but I have to say what person signs up for an AOL account stolen card or not ?

LoL haveing the admin password could be quite entertaining

Exactly what I thought . The admin password would be fun to mess with, but thankfully it's irrelevant now. I just heard back from the web-hoster and they've pulled this asshole's storefront entirely.