OT: CC fraud? Dont know which company this is. Anyone else?

[letian]

I was just checking my CC statement online. There was an about $20 charge on it and the name was VEROTEL B.V./ SSL AMSTERDAM NLD and the transaction date was 3/30, but I dont remember any company that I bought anything from has a name like that. And the only transaction I had on the 30th was JanR.com's wintvD. But that charge of $55 hasnt showed up on the CC yet. I get the feeling somebody got my CC# and used it for some porn site. Anyone else have seen this name on their CC statement?
Thanks

 

[pinlu2001]

haha, your comments is even funnier,
BTW, I don't kno what "lol" means and trying to figure out.
can you give me a hint.

 

[jaybittle]

Not sure what do tell you..

Verotel handles credit card payments.. maybe they are who J&R uses for the credit card transactions..

however, the verotel.com is registered to a user in San Francisco, CA, US and I can't find any reference to the Netherlands.. so it could also be some ISP in the Netherlands who uses Verotel as well.

well, if it turns out that some dutch guy is getting a nut rub, can you claim it as "entertaining clients" and get a tax deduction for it ?

cheers,
--jb

 

[phungus]

Dude, it is NOT J&R. I would cancel that NOW. You have been OWNED. It's to figure out...watch...

The "SSL" part makes me think it's an online credit card transaction using SSL. And punching in "verotel" into altavista makes it clear they are a transaction front-end for many places. And using google, like here...

http://www.google.com/search?q=VEROTEL+B.V.

yields a pr0n site called hornyfriends.com that sez in part:

Your membership will appear on your credit card statement as "VEROTEL".

and the (c) for the page is:

All contents © 98-2000 BV Friends & DCS.

*AND* the whois lookup for hornyfriends.com sez:

Registrant:
de Heeg Internet Solutions (HORNYFRIENDS-DOM)
Postbus 14
Wijk aan Zee, 1949ZG
NL

and NL=netherlands=AMSTERDAM NLD

so you forgot how to look for free net pr0n and paid for it accidently one night when drunk. or you've been nailed. cancel that card quick if not the former!!

sorry to hear it, ouch. BUT, $20 is not bad, and you won't have to pay it anyway...

 

[LukFilm]

Damn, I got the same thing!!! Argh, and it is my debit card number. I have NO idea how anyone got it. That sucks, gotta call real quick to cancel...

 

[Rick014]

pinlu2001,
lol means Laugh out loud!

 

[dafatha00]

laughing out loud =)

 

[wjones]

LukFilm, wish you luck on your debit card! I will never use a debit card on internet transaction because it is just like cash from your pocket and debit card doesn't has good fraud protection policy like credit card.

 

[letian]

If there is more than one of us getting ripped by the same place. Could that mean some online merchant leaked our CC info?

Also it is on my Click Citibank card. Should I cancel the card or just ask for cancel the payment.

 

[darth maul]

wjones, wrong.

Debit cards are just as protected as credit cards, been like that for more then a year now. Yes, at one time they were less secure, meaning you could be held liable for most/all fraudulant charges. But like I said, for more then a year, visa and mastercard have steped up, and backed their debit cards just like a real credit card.

 

[Emua]

$20 for a porn site...this is a hot deal!

cum see me nekkid!

 

[fearstryker]

Don't cancel the card unless it's a debit card.

As for a credit card, just ask for the # to be changed.

 

[Zach]

Maybe it's joker.com??

 

[letian]

what bothers me is that I have used this card total of 6 times only and this happened. I've used it at dell.. Officemax.. mushkin.. newegg.. gateway and amazon.
I thought these places were pretty reliable. But how is it possible that someone got it?

I just called citi and they are sending me a new card.

 

[CinderElmo]

Be thankful, I had some cat charging my CC for a p0rn site for 3 months before I caught it (my statement is pretty full)...only time in YEARS someone had gotten it so I consider myself lucky.