Credit Card Fraud involving Blizzard Entertainment

stonemedia · 24 May 2007 at 5:49AM

I also have fraudulant charges to my Citibank account. The first was

RBS THE NETHERLAN GA for $0.00

then

NC SOFT USD USA $29.99

then

BLIZZARD ENT ELECU $19.99

Just trying to provide more information so we can catch these criminals.

omerc10696 · 24 May 2007 at 5:54PM

I had to email my bank (HSBC) cause when I call they ask for a telephone access number and I can't get through to a real person. Anyway today I received a call from their security division I figured they had received my email and called me regarding the situation.

It turns out they were calling me because there was recently another charge waiting to be authorized for something called SecondLife. I googled it and it turns out it's another popular mmorpg. So my guess is "gold farmers" are using card numbers to make characters with which to farm gold :mad:

computerwoman · 24 May 2007 at 11:28PM

world of warcraft blizzard entertainment, was hijacked last month it was all over the news at the time, and the game server was shut down for awhile to deal with this, but obviously not been sorted out, you need to get in touch with istis via bbc watchdog and get them to sort it out, then it will get sorted, istis is a regulator for the internet.
hope this helps.
cw

black-saturn · 27 May 2007 at 6:55PM

I'm the victim of it too. Just started a thread on it here: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=463732

SmallWorld · 29 May 2007 at 12:15PM

Sagaris wrote: »

Same here - 3 transactions on 23rd April for Blizzard then one a week later for NC Soft - we also had one to a software company for £815.47 and a cinema ticket at Cineworld (none of those anywhere near me!) for £6.50. The £815 one was refunded by the company - probably when the realised the addresses didn't match.
All in all 7 unauthorised transactions on OH's debit card from our joint account - we bank with Abbey, they have cancelled his card but now I'm wondering if we should close the whole account down?
I've reported it to Abbey last Friday when I discovered it and visited the branch on Saturday armed with the statement printouts - I'm just waiting to hear from them now.

There seems to be a pattern.

I've never had problems before and I take every precaution, but I've been hit
on the 7th and 8th of May. £305 to Overclockers software (returned by them
immediately due to thier security checks) and an odd one for £49.99 to FindMyPast (outstanding).

I'm with Abbey and it was a debit card. This is a serious problem because it doesn't seem to matter how careful you are with security, anyone at all can
have thier card compromised now. On reading the posts I'm increasingly convinced that it's an 'Algorythmic attack' on card sequences, or some sort of data leak.

At my branch, Abbey have been courteous and helpful, but I'll have to fill in forms and prove I did not authorise the transactions, and wait several weeks for the refund. I'm still waiting for a new card after 8 days - and how can I trust that it will be secure?

I count myself lucky, the transactions were relatively trivial. So now we all have to check transactions daily to protect against similar attacks?

I wonder just how many have been hit by this?

Kevoh · 1 June 2007 at 10:06AM

Sagaris wrote: »

Anyone know of a good alternative to Abbey for banking!

Halifax, they have great customer service, they sort problems out quickly and good interest rates across the board.

Update: Got my new Amazon Mastercards issued my Halifax. I don't plan to use them as they are emergency cards. Hope they are not blizzed!

black-saturn · 1 June 2007 at 10:57AM

Mine was all refunded yesterday. I think I've had a narrow escape compared with some of you as they only took £58.13 in total from my bank in lots of small transactions.

doghouse_2 · 3 June 2007 at 5:13AM

This is apparently a huge problem. I hope they get to the root of this quickly!
I typed in a Google search for "Blizzard Entertainment credit card fraud" and came across this thread. We just had to cancel one of our cards today for the same exact reasons. Three charges to Blizzard Entertainment on the 31st of May 2007, then our bank froze the account when the NC Soft charge came across. The charged costs are almost identical. We didn't realize this until we tried to make a purchase today. I am thankful that the bank is alert to this stuff!

Wyndham · 3 June 2007 at 8:55AM

A complete aside, but this thread does seem to have attracted lots of newbie moneysavers!

TocSin_2 · 4 June 2007 at 10:23PM

Bank of America Debit Card

05/31/07 PURCHASE xxxxx ON 05/30 AT BLIZZARD-ENT*ELECUPGRD 800-592-5499 CA -$19.99

Only one showing up so far, but my available balance is lower than my balance so there are still things pending. Going to call BofA immediately. Dang it, I'm flying to St. Louis tomorrow and won't have a debit card...

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