Just had a $1000 stolen from may Paypal account by 5 unauthorized charges on my Paypal debit card somewhere in Quebec Canada. Have no Idea where someone from Quebec got mt debit card info but it royally pisses me off. Paypal and the debit card company were good about reinstating 100% of the unauthorized charges but I had to cancel both the debit card and a credit card used for backup funding. Royal pain in the azz.
Credit Card Theives
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My wife's Old Navy visa was compromised.
They racked up 30k in charges in 4 days before the card called us. I swear it was Tommy Chong.
"Hey man, we are...like...totally confused here, dude. You asked for a cash advance on your trip to Canada last week, and said you'd pay it back. How come you took such a big cash advance up in Canada? Hope you had a good trip, man!"
Uh....we were home all week and can prove that. LOL
We got it cleared up, but it was pretty scary there for a bit.
They racked up 30k in charges in 4 days before the card called us. I swear it was Tommy Chong.
"Hey man, we are...like...totally confused here, dude. You asked for a cash advance on your trip to Canada last week, and said you'd pay it back. How come you took such a big cash advance up in Canada? Hope you had a good trip, man!"
Uh....we were home all week and can prove that. LOL
We got it cleared up, but it was pretty scary there for a bit.
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waxer
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It's happened to me twice, once found charges in Turkey! I don't go there much, LOL! Last time in calif, they denied my gas card & said I needed to call. Apparently someone had a card reader at a gas station I was at, I now push clear cancel after using the card. All charges were reversed but it is a PITA!
That really sucks but I have to ask, what is an old navy visa?
Anyone know what an HCA (?) transfer is?
Basically it's when you call in to your card and ask for a cash advance, and then "promise" to make a cash payment to cover it.
So really, what asking for big ole cash advance above and beyond our credit limit because this scammer "promised" to pay them back with an automatic bank transfer, which WE HAVE NEVER SET UP OR DONE BEFORE!! No red flags by this credit card company? REALLY???
What troubles me is that whoever did this to my wife's card was able to bypass the security questions when they called in. We never have more than 1 or $200 on that card and it's paid off MONTHLY.
So HowTF did the credit card company let a $1650 transaction get by even just the first time, let alone 10 or more subsequent attempts in just 4 days. A couple of them were as high at $6500.
FRICKEN CRAZY. Yeah, that card has been CANCELLED. They are IDIOTS for letting it happen. IDIOTS!!!!
Basically it's when you call in to your card and ask for a cash advance, and then "promise" to make a cash payment to cover it.
So really, what asking for big ole cash advance above and beyond our credit limit because this scammer "promised" to pay them back with an automatic bank transfer, which WE HAVE NEVER SET UP OR DONE BEFORE!! No red flags by this credit card company? REALLY???
What troubles me is that whoever did this to my wife's card was able to bypass the security questions when they called in. We never have more than 1 or $200 on that card and it's paid off MONTHLY.
So HowTF did the credit card company let a $1650 transaction get by even just the first time, let alone 10 or more subsequent attempts in just 4 days. A couple of them were as high at $6500.
FRICKEN CRAZY. Yeah, that card has been CANCELLED. They are IDIOTS for letting it happen. IDIOTS!!!!
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m8braaaap
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Sounds like an inside job!
Thought it was an "Army Surplus Store" that sold Navy chit but couldn't imagine that they offered their own credit card. Guess I need to get out more?
