CC Fraud = teh suck

[A5]

Not sure how it happened, since I only deal with reputable sites/people, but I look at my statement today and there's a $180 payment to "accounting@uniclear.com" that I didn't make...now I have to get my card replaced - what a pain.

Uniclear appears to be a Paypal competitor, so I'm guessing someone got my number and is trying to transfer funds to another account before I noticed.

 

[imported_Phil]

 

[Cal166]

I have 6 credit cards and I only used one with a limit of 2k to do daily shopping and others. When it comes to online shopping, I always try to use a MBNA one-time use number...

 

[A5]

My CC doesn't offer one-time use numbers - maybe I should get a new card

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: A5
My CC doesn't offer one-time use numbers - maybe I should get a new card

CitiBank and MBNA offer this useful feature, I've used it dozens of times without any problems

 

[A5]

I gotta give a big :thumbsup: to the Uniclear fraud department - contacted them about 4 hours ago, and my refund is already in the works! Now I just have to wait on my new CC...

 

[BigJ]

Heh.

I once got held up at gun-point in a pizzeria and had my wallet stolen. I cancelled all my accounts within a half-hour. The guys wound up using my cards at a few gas stations around the area. The cops wound up catching them knocking over another joint and found my credit cards on them :Q

 

[zanieladie]

Originally posted by: A5
I gotta give a big :thumbsup: to the Uniclear fraud department - contacted them about 4 hours ago, and my refund is already in the works! Now I just have to wait on my new CC...

Are they still going to try to figure out who was using the card?

 

[A5]

Originally posted by: zanieladie

Originally posted by: A5
I gotta give a big :thumbsup: to the Uniclear fraud department - contacted them about 4 hours ago, and my refund is already in the works! Now I just have to wait on my new CC...

Are they still going to try to figure out who was using the card?

They said it was used at one of the merchants on their network - I didn't really press them for details since there isn't much I can do besides get my refund and a new CC #. I'm guessing the merchant will go after whoever used it once Uniclear takes the $180 from them.