Someone just tried to charge $1000 on my Mastercard

[Capn]

Some bastard got my card number somehow and spent $1000 at an internet gambling site. Pisses me off. I don't know how he got the number is the worst thing, I only use it at "trustable" sites, e.g. amazon.com and so forth. So I'm gonna have to borrow money or something till I get a replacement.

 

[BiB]

Damn that sucks man...although mastercard should handle it well for you...

 

[element]

Man that sucks. When you say trustable site, did you always use the secure (encrypted) form? Or did you ever use a normal 'open' form?

 

[0beron]

Sucks... I keep promising myself that I'm going to regularly cancel and get a new credit card but it is such a hassle!

 

[Capn]

Always encripted as far as I know, and I have the 128bit version of IE if that makes any difference. I'm not out any $$ it's just an annoyance, and the fact that I've always told people buying off the internet is perfectly fine as long as you play it safe. The numbers were kinda wearing off the old card anyways I guess.

 

[Croton]

sucks...

hope your credit card people took care of that...

good luck..

 

[Relf Lauren]

Is your ISP AOL?


Relf Lauren

 

[Capn]

nope,

 

[Russ]

<< I've always told people buying off the internet is perfectly fine as long as you play it safe >>



You have told them correctly. Assuming SSL, buying from the web is MANY times safer than a B&amp;M store where a paper trail is established.

Russ, NCNE

 

[stomp]

Mine got nabbed too online... always checked for secure transactions, never an open line. What probably happened was a site was compromised, not at the time of the transaction, but after saving the data online... like the CDUniverse case.

 

[Russ]

Stomp,

That is precisely why I flush my logs regularly. In the highly unlikely event that someone was capable of getting in, they'd get almost nothing.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Doomer]

I've had to nuke my CC 3 times so far this year.

 

[Paul]

I got my CC bill yesterday and it had 2 charges from http://www.fsx2.com/ for $2.95 and $29.95 Turns out that some desperate horny dude got ahold of my credit card number and signed up for some porn. At least it wasn't $1000 of porn

 

[Ulfwald]

Dispute the charges, file a police report, send it to your CC company, you will not have to pay anything, except the first 50 maybe. CC companies take on line fraud more seriously now, since so much business is completed on the internet.

 

[VinY]

Happened to my parents recently, just call the CC company and tell them which charges are yours, and which aren't. They should take care of it from there...

 

[RSI]

Bastard(s). Man I would be pissed off beyond belief.

 

[geno]

<< That is precisely why I flush my logs regularly >>


Cmon, no one's gonna comment on this??

I shop online all the time, I get just about all my parts from online stores. This sort of thing isn't common though, is it? Are there any particular sites where this happens more often?

 

[Russ]

HMM...I guess that could be interpreted differently than intended.

Russ, NCNE

 

[bonkers325]

ijust delete my cookies once a day
how hard is it to enter passwords and one more thing
never u autocomplete as ie remembers everything

 

[Capn]

Actually, my bank contacted me about the charge almost immediately after it came through. Mark me up as very impressed from them on that. I'm sure this kind of charge (reasonably large charge to an internet gambling site) comes up with a red flag for potential fraud. They're sending me an affidavit to sign in a couple weeks. Sad thing is I doubt anything can be done about this. Not so much as action against whoever stole the number, but that I can't alert whatever site it was stolen from that they were comprimised. Maybe this happens all the time? Maybe we'll get lucky and the guy made a stupid mistake.

 

[Livin4Real]

Sorry to hear about your dilemma.And to Gencide: Have you ever used a cc to pay for dinner at a restaraunt? Have you signed your copy and left without actually seeing a waitress pick it up?Guess what's on that receipt?Yup, your cc number! The internet is actually like ten times safer than using your cc at actual stores.

 

[Prong]

Although I haven't had this happen to me (yet), one thing that I DO is once the statement comes in, I *shred* all receipts beyond recognition . The last thing you need is some shmuck to dig those receipts out of the trash and start a spending spree. I know this may sound paranoid, but it's better to be safe than sorry. I have a friend that works for a co. that verifies credit card charges (Vegas gambling in particular), and some of the stories of what those thieves do is unbelievable. I hope they catch the scumbag.

 

[ElKevbo]

Unfortunately, clearing out your cache and ensuring that you're sending encrypted data just doesn't cut it. Too often it's the company you've sent your data to that screw things up. It's far more likely that they have poorly configured software or careless employees than that someone is actively monitoring your network traffic.

 

[CatWoman]

I had that 2.95 fee from some porn site (RJBETL--www.fsx2.com) too. I belong to another coupon board, and hundrends of people had the same thing happen to them. I didn't get the 29 dollar one though.

 

[yakko]

Livin4Real has it right.I used to work in a restaurant and I was amazed that the receipt had name, address, card number and expiration date on it.