Unauthorized use on my credit card...(plus a suspicious wife)
04-16-10, 11:25 AM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by Officer Cartman
No one has said this, but why do you believe your office computer is secure?...
At my home computer I am careful about where I go, but my wife and kids aren't. Put it this way - a couple months ago she was mad at me because some girl had sent me information about Viagra and where to buy it. Yes, it was spam, one of those "great prices on Viagra!" types of emails. Something I would delete without a second thought, but my wife thought it was an email from a lover of mine. I am pretty sure she visited the "drugstore" link that was in that email.
Originally Posted by al_bundy
that's why i charge everything on a debit card. there is always proof that i did nothing wrong
04-16-10, 11:37 AM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
i even charge $1.50 coffee at starbucks. i always have people laugh at me because i don't have any cash 90% of the time
04-16-10, 11:44 AM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by al_bundy
i even charge $1.50 coffee at starbucks. i always have people laugh at me because i don't have any cash 90% of the time
04-16-10, 11:52 AM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by al_bundy
i even charge $1.50 coffee at starbucks. i always have people laugh at me because i don't have any cash 90% of the time
04-16-10, 11:57 AM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by Trevor
It's silly to ever use cash when credit cards pay us to use them.
04-16-10, 12:12 PM
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The problem with using the debit card for a $1.50 transaction is it's just one more line on your monthly bill you have to look at. What if the clerk somehow changes it to $10.50, would you catch it? I don't know if this can be done with a debit card but at a restaurant, sure, some waiters will add to the tip line.
04-16-10, 02:06 PM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by Heat
The problem with using the debit card for a $1.50 transaction is it's just one more line on your monthly bill you have to look at. What if the clerk somehow changes it to $10.50, would you catch it? I don't know if this can be done with a debit card but at a restaurant, sure, some waiters will add to the tip line.
04-16-10, 02:38 PM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by Heat
At this point I really don't care what happens. I'm sure her mood will change during the day and she'll be all sweet tonight, wondering why I'm aloof.
I heard it said once that the opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. Makes sense to me.
I heard it said once that the opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. Makes sense to me.
04-16-10, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Sean O'Hara
That and at $1.50 the transaction fee is greater than the company's profit margin. Over time, stores will increase their prices, passing the cost onto those of us who don't use cards for everything.
yet starbucks lowered the price of a tall coffee from $1.70 to $1.50
04-16-10, 03:10 PM
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tall is small
grande is medium
venti is the tall
about the same price as dunkin donuts brewed coffee, but i like starbucks better
grande is medium
venti is the tall
about the same price as dunkin donuts brewed coffee, but i like starbucks better
04-16-10, 03:52 PM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by al_bundy
yet starbucks lowered the price of a tall coffee from $1.70 to $1.50
04-16-10, 10:13 PM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by mbs
Out of curiosity, have you found any (if so, how often) of these devices yourself?
I have friends who bank with Chase/WaMu who've had to get their cards replaced numerous times as the bank has personally called them up to tell them that someone used a skimmer in their branch and that they would be safe to have the card replaced.
04-22-10, 08:02 PM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...(plus a suspicious wife)
Update?
04-22-10, 09:57 PM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by FiveO
I'm dealing with a baffling case now...working on trying to link a southern Minnesota victim to his CC being used in Miami, FL about 2 months ago. Slowly...but I'll get it I'm sure.
About 2 years ago I had a CC case with a 85 year old victim in my area...the only thing she ever did was buy medication with it over the phone. The CC was used in West Virginia and Virgina of all places..furniture purchases, used to pay a energy bill (electric, etc) and a car payment. After about 2 weeks of subpoena's and digging... I found out that the medication company, which was in Kansas City, KS, had a "call center" in WV and VA. The phone operator had stolen her CC info and used it for $6,500 total.
I passed the info onto her local PD in VA and they did a search warrant on her place and got her convicted in their area. Resitution to the CC company.
Sometimes is all about luck...for the most part...stuff can be tracked. IP addresses, bills, etc.
About 2 years ago I had a CC case with a 85 year old victim in my area...the only thing she ever did was buy medication with it over the phone. The CC was used in West Virginia and Virgina of all places..furniture purchases, used to pay a energy bill (electric, etc) and a car payment. After about 2 weeks of subpoena's and digging... I found out that the medication company, which was in Kansas City, KS, had a "call center" in WV and VA. The phone operator had stolen her CC info and used it for $6,500 total.
I passed the info onto her local PD in VA and they did a search warrant on her place and got her convicted in their area. Resitution to the CC company.
Sometimes is all about luck...for the most part...stuff can be tracked. IP addresses, bills, etc.
04-22-10, 10:10 PM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by The Bus
I used to work fraud at one of the 50,402 credit card banks here in Delaware. I once got a call from a supermarket manager who had a customer whose card was being declined and was calling in. Well, the card had been stolen. I told the manager to call the police and then talked to the customer. I fed him a bunch of BS to keep him on the line long enough for the police to come.
04-22-10, 10:26 PM
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Wow, late to the party, but I'd agree that she is cheating on you, or ready to. I don't envy that situation, but you need to resolve it and give us all the juicy details. 
04-23-10, 12:53 AM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...(plus a suspicious wife)
I was just issued a new Band of America card with a note that there had been a "compromise" in their system somewhere. Don't now if that's something that pertains to you.
04-23-10, 07:25 AM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by The Bus
I used to work fraud at one of the 50,402 credit card banks here in Delaware. I once got a call from a supermarket manager who had a customer whose card was being declined and was calling in. Well, the card had been stolen. I told the manager to call the police and then talked to the customer. I fed him a bunch of BS to keep him on the line long enough for the police to come.
04-23-10, 07:39 AM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by orangecrush
Did they at least keep the same size cup? Panara recently made their cups slightly smaller, but charge the same.
in the mornings i still see a lot of people buy the $4 espresso drinks that you have to wait for
04-23-10, 07:40 AM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...
Originally Posted by Trevor
It's silly to ever use cash when credit cards pay us to use them.
i use my debit most of the time. i actually end up spending more if i have cash than if i don't
04-23-10, 09:16 AM
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Re: Unauthorized use on my credit card...(plus a suspicious wife)
She's been very affectionaite lately. It seems that her moods are tied to the phases of the moon.
As for the card, I just mailed back some written statement saying that the charges were not mine. It was two $123 or so charges from match.com, from some other country, on two days in a row.
As for the card, I just mailed back some written statement saying that the charges were not mine. It was two $123 or so charges from match.com, from some other country, on two days in a row.
