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Don't want to alarm this wonderful club since most inforoo folks are tech savy, but my Visa card was accessed today for $2.00. My bank caught it right away as possible fraud. The bank called me and I cancelled the card. The point is I used my Visa check card to buy Roo tickets last Friday and that was the first online purchase with that card in over 2 years. (I do prefer a "real" visa for online purchases) I hope nobody has this issue, but it never hurts to verify. I just don't believe in coincidences enough to not be worried!
Post by unplugdacusticaz on Feb 26, 2007 21:29:38 GMT -5
Mine's good, no unspecified amounts of money being taken out, but bonnaroo hasn't even processed my transaction yet because the funds I brought over from my savings into my checking are still there....so hopefully Bonnaroo takes it out too before I get antsy and spend...
A lot of times when a company is going to charge something they will do a test spend to see if the card is valid etc. Did the 2 dollar charge go through or was it just pending? Usually they will make a charge and then retract it before it goes all the way through.
Since you did it on Friday it probably wouldnt show up until Monday...
The charge occurred Friday around midnight. Someone had tried to charge $2 to a motel, but they got the expiration date wrong, so it was denied. The bank said that sometimes these identity thieves run a credit card number with different expiration dates until they get a charge to go through and then they go on a spending spree. My bank is Suntrust and they did a good job catching it. I have to resort to the old fashioned method of writing checks to get my cash for a while. Btw, my ticket purchase was properly deducted.
Exact same thing happened to me, except I wasn't buying bonnaroo tickets. I hadn't even purchased anything on the internet lately when it happened. The bank called and some fraudulant travel company tried charging $118 on my card. Like you said, they didn't have all the correct information so the bank stopped it, but the card had to be cancelled and I have to get a new one. I was also using a Visa check card.
Post by melikecheese on Feb 27, 2007 13:12:40 GMT -5
Most card information is stolen OFFLINE. Its much safer to use a Credit Card online then in the real world. Online no one really see's your number. In meatspace you hand it over to people and they often leave with it. Think about what your crappy waiter might be doing with your card next time he leaves with it.
Post by augustwest on Feb 27, 2007 13:51:26 GMT -5
melikecheese said:
Most card information is stolen OFFLINE. Its much safer to use a Credit Card online then in the real world. Online no one really see's your number. In meatspace you hand it over to people and they often leave with it. Think about what your crappy waiter might be doing with your card next time he leaves with it.
You speak the truth, I have worked with some crappy waiters. They usually don't last long though.
Mine are fine. I use a nifty service that assigns a temp card number for online purchases and then it is voided after the purchase. I think that it is called VisaSecure. Although I never had any problems before, I feel that it is always better to be safe than sorry.
Most numbers are acquired offline, a big thing now is with the camera phones. They take a picture of your card when you lay it on a counter while wiating to pay. Always keep your card in your hand and reach for it once the clerck swipes it.
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i swipe credit cards all day long. it would be incredibly easy for me to steal anyones credit info. sometimes they give me their card and walk across the store to talk to their family and then come back.
obviously i would never steal anyones shit like that, but ^^^ he's right. there are people out there who definitely would jump at the chance to look at internet porn with your credit card number
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