Comments on: Credit Card Fraud – Credit Card Scam http://www.bustathief.com/credit-card-fraud-how-do-they-do-it/ Protecting You and Your Finances Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:37:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alissa http://www.bustathief.com/credit-card-fraud-how-do-they-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5872 Alissa Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:05:55 +0000 http://www.bustathief.com/?p=27#comment-5872 I got skimmed too or scamed either way someone got my bank card info and got something from a restaurant in London on the same day I used my bank card at 2 local grocery stores here in the United STates. As for me the charges went through, 2 seperate transactions on the same day, one after another for over $200 each and now my account is negative, not to mention 2 foreign transaction fees and 2 over limit fees. I blocked my card. Being that today is Christmas I will most likely have to wait until Monday for any action,but I did contact my bank and left a detailed message concerning this issue. From now on, if I ever use a bank card or credit card, I am checking the card machine for any suspicious add-ons and if I ever hand my card to a clerk, I want a manager present, both of their names, but the reciepts do show the terminal number and operator id, so most likely the employee would get caught. Hope this doesn't happen to anyone else, people are cruel I got skimmed too or scamed either way someone got my bank card info and got something from a restaurant in London on the same day I used my bank card at 2 local grocery stores here in the United STates. As for me the charges went through, 2 seperate transactions on the same day, one after another for over $200 each and now my account is negative, not to mention 2 foreign transaction fees and 2 over limit fees. I blocked my card.
Being that today is Christmas I will most likely have to wait until Monday for any action,but I did contact my bank and left a detailed message concerning this issue.
From now on, if I ever use a bank card or credit card, I am checking the card machine for any suspicious add-ons and if I ever hand my card to a clerk, I want a manager present, both of their names, but the reciepts do show the terminal number and operator id, so most likely the employee would get caught.
Hope this doesn’t happen to anyone else, people are cruel

]]> By: sowmya http://www.bustathief.com/credit-card-fraud-how-do-they-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4558 sowmya Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:37:53 +0000 http://www.bustathief.com/?p=27#comment-4558 is this a debit card or a credit card because it seems to be like a debit card is this a debit card or a credit card because it seems to be like a debit card

]]> By: Tammy http://www.bustathief.com/credit-card-fraud-how-do-they-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-3434 Tammy Thu, 14 May 2009 23:36:39 +0000 http://www.bustathief.com/?p=27#comment-3434 Wow, someone skimmed my card, made a new one and wiped out my account buying gaas in Lebanon within a few hours time! THe bank called me and all the transactions are pending so I should get my money back OK. I have no idea where this person could have "skimmed" my card as I am super careful with my card. Lebanon?!? At least it was an instant red flag to the bank! Wow, someone skimmed my card, made a new one and wiped out my account buying gaas in Lebanon within a few hours time! THe bank called me and all the transactions are pending so I should get my money back OK. I have no idea where this person could have “skimmed” my card as I am super careful with my card.

Lebanon?!? At least it was an instant red flag to the bank!

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.bustathief.com/credit-card-fraud-how-do-they-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Anonymous Mon, 26 May 2008 14:40:00 +0000 http://www.bustathief.com/?p=27#comment-169 I got a call yesterday from my credit card fraud detection service. Someone has skimmed my debit card and a counterfiet card is out there being used. Luckily for me, I used my card recently, and the criminal with the counterfiet card used it only an hour or so later in a city hundreds of miles away. I immediately put a block on the card. Transactions that had already been made, but had not yet been transmitted to my bank are flagged as pending. I placed a fraud alert on my credit records immediately. Unluckily for the thief, they are currently in a vacation resort town and are problably staying in a hotel. When he goes to check out, it is hightly probable that he will be introduced to a policeman. The fraud prevention representative told me that their alert to merchants will indicate that the debit card is a counterfiet and that the police should be contacted. So if this dirt bag checked into a hotel and presented my card, the hotel knows by now that the card is fake and the police have been notified. Thanks to the diligence of the fraud detection service, only about $1000 of "my money" has been spent so far and my bank is rejecting all pending transactions. I got a call yesterday from my credit card fraud detection service. Someone has skimmed my debit card and a counterfiet card is out there being used. Luckily for me, I used my card recently, and the criminal with the counterfiet card used it only an hour or so later in a city hundreds of miles away. I immediately put a block on the card. Transactions that had already been made, but had not yet been transmitted to my bank are flagged as pending. I placed a fraud alert on my credit records immediately. Unluckily for the thief, they are currently in a vacation resort town and are problably staying in a hotel. When he goes to check out, it is hightly probable that he will be introduced to a policeman. The fraud prevention representative told me that their alert to merchants will indicate that the debit card is a counterfiet and that the police should be contacted. So if this dirt bag checked into a hotel and presented my card, the hotel knows by now that the card is fake and the police have been notified. Thanks to the diligence of the fraud detection service, only about $1000 of “my money” has been spent so far and my bank is rejecting all pending transactions.

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