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credit card fraud and annoyances
Friday, October 22nd, 2010 12:09 pmFucking great.
When I reported the fraudulent credit card transaction to my bank last week, they closed down that account/card number and said they'd be sending me a new card. In order to get the new card via "rush delivery" in 1-3 days, I would have had to pay a $16 fee. (That's more than the fraudulent charge was for!) I opted for regular delivery (7-10 business days) and am still waiting for the new card to arrive. In the mean time, I haven't been able to use it. (GRRR)
However, this month's statement for the new card has been posted to my online account already. Apparently, due to the closing of the old card number, last month's automatic payment did not go through. So last month's balance has been brought forward to this month, with *interest* added (ARGHHH!@). The interest amount is more than the fraudulent charge was for! (GRRRRRR!!!!) Not only that, but the new statement does not mention automatic payment at all, so it seems I will have to get it set up again. (GRRRRR....)
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The fraudulent charge posed as being pet-store-related ("GOODFORYOURPET"). As I have made a couple purchases from online pet stores in the last year, at first I suspected that one of those sites might have been hacked or somehow related to the fraudulent charge. However, one of those orders did not involve the credit card in question, and the other one was done through Amazon Marketplace - I'm fairly sure Amazon does not pass credit card info on to the retailers.
That leaves just one other pet-related store that I've ordered from, but it was almost exactly a year ago, and I had ordered from them many times before - I ordered vegan dog kibble for Yoda from them, before I found local stores that had it.
So.... either that site may have been hacked, or Amazon was (both of which seem unlikely), or it's just coincidence that the fraudulent charge posed as pet-related.
When I reported the fraudulent credit card transaction to my bank last week, they closed down that account/card number and said they'd be sending me a new card. In order to get the new card via "rush delivery" in 1-3 days, I would have had to pay a $16 fee. (That's more than the fraudulent charge was for!) I opted for regular delivery (7-10 business days) and am still waiting for the new card to arrive. In the mean time, I haven't been able to use it. (GRRR)
However, this month's statement for the new card has been posted to my online account already. Apparently, due to the closing of the old card number, last month's automatic payment did not go through. So last month's balance has been brought forward to this month, with *interest* added (ARGHHH!@). The interest amount is more than the fraudulent charge was for! (GRRRRRR!!!!) Not only that, but the new statement does not mention automatic payment at all, so it seems I will have to get it set up again. (GRRRRR....)
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The fraudulent charge posed as being pet-store-related ("GOODFORYOURPET"). As I have made a couple purchases from online pet stores in the last year, at first I suspected that one of those sites might have been hacked or somehow related to the fraudulent charge. However, one of those orders did not involve the credit card in question, and the other one was done through Amazon Marketplace - I'm fairly sure Amazon does not pass credit card info on to the retailers.
That leaves just one other pet-related store that I've ordered from, but it was almost exactly a year ago, and I had ordered from them many times before - I ordered vegan dog kibble for Yoda from them, before I found local stores that had it.
So.... either that site may have been hacked, or Amazon was (both of which seem unlikely), or it's just coincidence that the fraudulent charge posed as pet-related.
