Tis the Season: Check your Credit Card Accounts

[Ginseng]

Yep,

This the holiday season. Time for buying presents, being with family...and credit card fraud.

One of my cards got hit for almost a grand. I suppose even crooks want a merry Christmas. But not on my dime.

So check your cards if haven't done so recently. Anomalous transactions large and small are looking to sneak by. Be vigilant, people.

Wilkey

[Zigatoh]

£250 for me two weeks ago, got sorted in 5 working days so all good, I check all of my accounts nearly every day.

[Rye]

A great post to remind people!

[fokker4me]

That's a great post I should check more then I do.

[Louich]

Damn. I just looked up my account and a bastard just ordered cigars !

;-)

[Rye]

Damn. I just looked up my account and a bastard just ordered cigars !

;-)

Hahahaha! Me too!!

[warren516]

My card got hit with software purchases, western union, and some others up to a grand Lucky for me the card was declined on each purchase which is the good news. The bad news is that I don't have an ATM card now and won't until after I get back from christmas holiday.

[Ginseng]

Lucky for me the card was declined on each purchase which is the good news.

Same here. Thank goodness for their instantaneous, always-on vigilance.

Wilkey

[Dimmers]

Good thread! I try to curtail as much risk as possible (online transactions only via a particualr card with a low limit, and I also dont let my card out of sight when paying for something in person). But its going to happen to all of us at some point.

[Homebrew]

My card got hit. Lucky for me the card was declined on each purchase which is the good news.

Myself as well,

And it was the card I use for international purchases. So I can't order any cigars, until after the Holidays.

Bummed Out

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

[Spartan]

They got me last month for movie tickets and resturants in Russia to the tune of $600...bastids!

[Habana Mike]

They got me last month for movie tickets and resturants in Russia to the tune of $600...bastids!

Dinner and a moveski, nice date!

[Ginseng]

They got me last month for movie tickets and resturants in Russia to the tune of $600...bastids!

Lemme guess, $20 McD's dinner and two $290 movie tix. Yeah, I'd be suspicious too.

Wilkey

[warren516]

OMG - today I get an email from Walmart saying that my 'pickup at store' order would be ready in 3 hours at the San Diego store for a Samsung Tablet.....to bad I live on the east coast and didn't order one. Needless to say I changed my walmart account password and called them and my credit card......what a bad couple of days for me.

[pbibby]

OMG - today I get an email from Walmart saying that my 'pickup at store' order would be ready in 3 hours at the San Diego store for a Samsung Tablet.....to bad I live on the east coast and didn't order one. Needless to say I changed my walmart account password and called them and my credit card......what a bad couple of days for me.

I was hoping you were going to say that showed up and confronted the person. Sorry to hear this man.

[cigcars]

Thank you for the warning, Wilkey. But if thieves were to hack into MY bank acct. all I'd find later on would be a sympathy note and a $50 deposit.

[GernBlansten]

For you folks in the US:

Target stores hit with a CC attack

[Newkarian]

Just noticed this am that a local retailer tried to scam me for a $1500 charge on my cc. Quite a bold move but my card company is taking care of it. Was clued into it because my card was declined when the lovely Diana tried to process my order from the 12 days sale. Good thing I bought from the czar. See guys cigars save your butt dont listen to what anyone else tells you lol.

[HabanoHam]

For you folks in the US:

Target stores hit with a CC attack

This news has me a bit nervous. Just purchased a few Xbox games as gifts there in mid November. I'll be checking my online banking activity every 4 hours!

[celtmick1984]

Had to close an account last night and there may be another one that we're going to have to change. I think I'm going to take Randy Moss' advice: straight cash homey.

[GernBlansten]

I think I'm going to take Randy Moss' advice......

Play when you want to?

Run over the meter maid to get out of a parking ticket?

My personal favorite, use the old "that's not MY bag of weed!" defense?

Ahhhh, there are so many gems he has put out there.

BTW, sorry about your accounts. Changing all that is just no fun.

[AlohaStyle]

Here's a good one... just pulled up a credit card account I never use as my "annual fee" was due and I needed to call to get it taken off. Just so happens someone used my card at a wig and toupee shop in California. Hhhmmm, the lady needs her weave! LOL I'm just damn lucky this didn't happen months ago as I don't know if I would've caught it, lesson learned.