ARRRRRggghhh!!! I hate some people!!!
American Express Fraud Security Dept. called and asked me to verify a couple of suspect charges::: 3 from Walmart. com for a total of $1,365.48 3 Netflix charges for $1.00 each....$ 3.00 1 Hottopic... $ 37.80 Dating service $ 56.85 Another I never heard of $ 689.56 A total of $2152.69 I was expecting my bill to come in within the next week, so I was clueless about this. Of course all the charges are disputed but now I have to cancel my card number and inform all my automatic charges to change my accounts...it is so upsetting... I am soooo mad!!!!! And people wonder why I love to stay home and be with my dogs rather than being with people!!!!!!!! thanks for letting me vent!!!! |
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| Oh, Val, that's horrible! I had this happen to be last February. I was online when I got an email from my bank saying my account was over drawn. "huh?" I thought, there was no WAY that was possible! I logged into my account and I was $2,600 overdrawn! All these bogus checks were coming through from Gieco and Progressive. After nearly a MONTH we were able to close the account and open a new one. This was the SECOND identity theft. My first identity theft was ten years before, when someone at my college stole my credit cards and ran up a lot of debt. Luckily that was sorted out too!  Some people are just JERKS! |
ohh, I would be SOOOO pissed too!!!  Keith just had that happen a few months ago. Luckily it was actually caught on a store surveillance camera at a Game Stop where the card was used. He has no idea what they did (must have duplicated his card), as he never lost the card - he still had his in his wallet.... And it was out on the east coast too.  But they did get their money back, even though you are out of luck (and money) until they do!  |
| People are scary as to the things they will resort to. It amazes me that they have no conscience. |
| This is the second time this has happened..the first time was a Visa card and the charges were porn and sex site.!!!! This time I was asked if I would have known who could do this and is my card in my possesion at all times... Well...let's see....my 'kids' are all grown, out of the house~not suspects! ....Dino, after 37 years of marriage will GIVE me my purse / never once has he ever ventured into THAT unknown territory..much too frightening for him~~~ ...Too much effort for Pearl ..Coz is afraid of the color green now...HEART????? maybe, especially that dating service...I personally think she has had it with Harry and all his antics with other 'women'..so maybe............................................................... |
| For some reason, the $3 charge made me laugh out loud. It's such a stupid amount to be dishonest over. |
| ^^^^^ According to the Fraud Dept. The thiefs do that just to see if the credit card is good. On my Visa, there was 2 -$1.00 charges from Italy for long distance....  |
| ^^^^^^^ Ah that makes sense I wondered why they went with $1 charges too. |
| Same thing happened to me several years ago with my debit card - I was out to dinner with friends, gave my debit card for the bill and it was declined. I was so embarrassed. Paid the bill in cash. Got online to check my account and it was $2000 overdrawn. Walmart in Florida. Bank told me that Walmart doesn't check ID no matter how high the bill is so fraud is easier. It is a royal pain whle the bank investigates, no card and account is frozen. I am LOST without the debit card. All worked out in the end, but it is painful and very invasive. |
| Grrrrrr. Had a similar thing happen -- got a call late one afternoon from Discover that someone was trying to buy something at a Walmart down south for $700. I had our two new cards in hand the next morning. Then I had to hop around the net and change all of the automatic billings. |
| Our Walmart checks ID some of the time. I bet it's the cashiers that have been or know of a family member/friend that has had their card swiped and had to deal with this. But they do check sometimes, and I always happily give them ID. And tell them thanks for checking!  |
| Some people just suck. I had my identity stolen by a woman who worked in the apartment complex where I lived. She took my credit application and started opening up new cards in my name. What a mess, but they caught her because she forwarded mail in my name to HER address, to get pre-approved credit cards. I still have my accounts flagged with all of the major credit bureaus, so no one can open up "instant credit", like a department store card. Just a thought here. What address was used on the Netflix account? If they were dumb enough to use their own....... Laurie and Oscar |
| I am going to call the Fraud dept tomorrow and find out how they find the people, and what they do to them WHEN they find them!!!! I am going crazy not knowing HOW??? Was it from charging a dinner a couple of weeks ago??? Was it because I used my AMEX to charge online?????? HOW??????? |
| Some people really are terrible. Thats a horrible thing to have happen. I've never really had my identity stolen that way, but someone bid on a multi million dollar property on ebay under my ebay user name and email address. They banned me until I could prove that it wasn't really me. Again so sorry to hear you have to go through this. Lisa and Frankie |
| The world would be a much better place if the people who think up these scams would put their minds to honest endeavors instead of thinking of ways to defraud others. My dh is very paranoid about others stealing his identity...he even hides his pin # from me |
| Just went thru this with my cc . Someone (and not Norm) charged stuff In. Korea. It was just after my trip so were sure someone copied mycard from the resturant we went to. It is a pita ...... |
Until the theft reaches a certain amount, and it's a high one, major banks don't investigate. They consider it just an expense of doing business and it happens all the time  |
| ^^^^^^^^^^^ Oh...I believe it!!!! NOT enuff to matter to the banks...JUST raise our bank fees and service charges to cover the lost money AND protect the thieves..... |
sheepieshake wrote: ^^^^^^^^^^^ Oh...I believe it!!!! NOT enuff to matter to the banks...JUST raise our bank fees and service charges to cover the lost money AND protect the thieves..... Think about how high they'd have to raise fees if they actually had to pay for an investigation of every single fraud, though. And how many of those investigations would actually end in an arrest or recovery of the money lost? The problem with people who steal money is that they spend it as soon as they get it and they don't have it to give back anyway. It sucks but it's probably better for us in the long run. |
| aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! just opened the mail. BOA refused to reverse the charges as the say it is my signature! IT's NOT!!!! $250.00 out to door. Note to self.........do not use CC next time in Korea!!! |
| That stuff really makes me mad too sorry you have to deal with the consequences!! I did my PhD in the area of ATM and Internet fraud and its certainly on the increase.. Ironically I became a victim of it myself last year - I was lucky and caught it when they were just doing the small transactions to see if I noticed. Still had to change my card details and didn't have a debit card for about 2 weeks, and no online banking for about 4 weeks... that really was the worst!!! Not sure what it's like over in the US but here in the UK the banks are becoming less willing to take responsibility. The fraud dept of my bank disputed the transactions that I said I did not make (it was only £10 to a mobile phone provider - but the point was I didn't make them, and someone had my details) and suggested that someone had taken my card without my knowledge, used it, and returned it to me. I sent them a nice letter to explain that I worked at home and on that particular day the transaction was made I hadn't even left the house, so their far fetched scenario was entirely impossible. Took them a while but they did refund the fraudulent transaction - but it certianly made me lose all faith in the bank. |
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