Already informed my bank and the retailers involved, but it is a significant amount of money and I'm sure full resolution is going to take a little time.
On the bright side - I needed to replace my card anyway.
Unauthorized Transactions
Man, oh man... Rude awakening this morning when I realized someone out there has been ordering their Christmas gifts, or whatever, with my debit card.
Already informed my bank and the retailers involved, but it is a significant amount of money and I'm sure full resolution is going to take a little time.
On the bright side - I needed to replace my card anyway.
Already informed my bank and the retailers involved, but it is a significant amount of money and I'm sure full resolution is going to take a little time.
On the bright side - I needed to replace my card anyway.
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MikeDennison
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Holy crap, man! That's horrible! Hope it all gets untangled soon."I realized I had the gift of seeming to know more than I actually did." -A.J. Cronin-
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Houtenziel
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I feel your pain. Someone managed to lift our credit card number, and made a bunch of purchases. They replaced our card, but the thief had somehow acquired some info on my wife, enough to convince the CC company, and changed the address on our account so they could get a replacement card too. It ended in us having to cancel the card entirely and put a freeze on all of our credit reports.
So now I use cash whenever humanly possible..
People.. what a bunch of bastards.
So now I use cash whenever humanly possible..
People.. what a bunch of bastards.
“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
― Theodore Roosevelt
Wells Fargo is pretty quick to catch stuff like that. Happened to me twice. Wells caught it both times before I did. I wasn't on the hook for anything either time and they didn't freeze my money.
I hope our names are touching on the watch list
Well, my bank sure-as-sh*t missed these. No fraud alerts, calls, e-mails - nothing. Just glad I caught it before more serious damage was done.
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JTWilliams
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Such a pain. I once got a call from my bank that my card was frozen until they could review some suspicious charges. We did this on the phone which revealed three purchases I didn't make. They said I'd be getting a new card in five to seven business days, or I could go to a branch and replace it. All of this was fine except for one small detail. My 19-year-old daughter and I had just finished lunch and hadn't paid the check yet, and that was the only card I had on hand. Fortunately, we had enough cash together for lunch and a tip. Now I carry some "milk money" around as well.
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