am i being done?

money_saving_jamie

on my last mastercard statement i had soime funny transactions for stuff i hadnt purchased ie my earlier post about two thane direct transactiones for £60 which i eventually got the credit back. now on my new statement i have even more funny transactions two from river island int for sums of £60 and £40 and one form fountainviewsa in luxembourg i have never tried to purchase anything from anywere like this and dont know nothing about them. could this mean somone out there has the details of my card? :-X

Robert_Sterling_3

It could.

Reaper

One dodgy transaction could be an error. Any more than that and you should ask for a new card.

I had similar. One month there was one wrong one for £30 which I got refunded. Next month there were 2 totaling £2000. The card was quickly canceled and re-issued. It turns out it was one of 4 cards used to order loads of goods for collection from Bathrooms.com all over the country. I spotted it within 4 days online and called the shop which meant the frausters were found out before they had got much. Just as well I did as the credit card company took 5 weeks to get round to contacting the shop themselves!

deemy2004

One dodgy transaction could be an error. Any more than that and you should ask for a new card.

I had similar. One month there was one wrong one for £30 which I got refunded. Next month there were 2 totaling £2000. The card was quickly canceled and re-issued. It turns out it was one of 4 cards used to order loads of goods for collection from Bathrooms.com all over the country. I spotted it within 4 days online and called the shop which meant the frausters were found out before they had got much. Just as well I did as the credit card company took 5 weeks to get round to contacting the shop themselves!

Thieving scum bags, bring back the stocks !

NumberOneScrooge

Hmmmm I just got my Goldfish statement and there are TWO transactions from this FountainviewSA in Luxembourg on it. I called Goldfish and they said the transactions relate to casino/gambling websites which I have NEVER used.

I'm now getting my card renewed and I'll be refunded but it seems there is a serious issue with this Company - how many people dont even check their statements and are being scammed by these people?

bethanyrayne

deemy2004 wrote: »

Thieving scum bags, bring back the stocks !

That's a bit harsh it's obvious they only want to improve their personal
hygiene.

marksandsparksgal

NumberOneScrooge wrote: »

Hmmmm I just got my Goldfish statement and there are TWO transactions from this FountainviewSA in Luxembourg on it. I called Goldfish and they said the transactions relate to casino/gambling websites which I have NEVER used.

I'm now getting my card renewed and I'll be refunded but it seems there is a serious issue with this Company - how many people dont even check their statements and are being scammed by these people?

Things like this seem to come in waves, I remember my Tesco card being scammed for World of Warcraft along with many others last year. It's just bad luck, at the end of the day you keep things as secure as possible, but it doesn't stop hackers breaking into websites, or trying randomly generated card details in the hope they'll find an active account.

As for people not checking their statements, without meaning to seem harsh, if you can't even be bothered to check your statements and pay blindly every month, then I would argue you, in a way, deserve to be scammed! :rolleyes:

DestroyingAngel_2

Re: all the above scenarios, it could be your cards have been cloned by fraudsters. Your identity has been effectively stolen. These purchases are called "test purchases", whereby fraudsters start using the cloned cards on initially small transactions, with the hope you won't notice. Any reputable cc company/bank will have a separate division that looks at your spending patterns and anything out of the ordinary will be flagged up as potentially fraudulent.

If the fraud isn't discovered by either yourself or the cc company/bank, then the fraudster knows he can use the cloned card for bigger and bigger purchases.

If you have unknown/unrecognised transactions on your statements, do query it with your cc company/bank. Obviously, if there's a transaction for airline tickets in India when you've never been to India, then there's summat amiss there! If that's the case, get the card blocked immediately, your cc company/bank will do a Lost&Stolen on that card to block it permanently, and will issue you with a new card with a new number and PIN.

Meanwhile, do consider buying Identity Protection, for your own peace of mind. It's no good shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted...