My Credit Card was Scammed on-line !!

Saveit

Data Protection gone mad....John Lewis say that the order has been despatched to a College down south and it was a gift to a Male (two watches) saying Happy Birthday Dude from your Cousin but they would not give me the name of the recipitant due to the data protection act!!! So someone can order on-line with my card details stolen from me but I am not allowed to know the name of the gift receiver. Typical!!
I am sure the card company will do ther own investigations but it makes me so mad that I can't get any real information because they are protected by Data Protection....................

wonderfullife_2

brummybloke wrote:

easiest way for this to be done is royal mail workers.

this time of year hundreds of tempory workers are employed. it is easy to see a bank letter or card in an envelope, the worker will take either the card or the statement

Here we go again, blame it on Royal Mail workers, I've worked for Royal Mail for over 15 years, and in all that time I have never taken a stamp, let alone a credit card!! Myself and my colleagues do a bloody good job, in all kinds of weather, getting attacked by dogs or yobs, who incidentally are after YOUR letters/credit cards/birthday cards.
How many Royal Mail staff are injured every year trying to do their job? Do you know or care?
Of course in every profession there are thieves, have you ever asked Tesco/Sainsbury's etc how many of their staff get caught stealing, no of course not.
But when it comes to credit cards, etc its always Royal Mail staff
I do accept that at Christmas there are temporary staff, but in my experience these people are no different to you or me, just there to earn extra money for Christmas.
Royal Mail decided years ago, to take all casual workers from agencies, and its up to these agencies to check on all the people that they send to us. if they do that, I don't know.
Of course you will always get the odd one, who steals, but believe me, it is the odd one, and not most of us, as the media would have you believe.
So please don't blame Royal Mail workers for everything that goes missing, we generally are decent people just doing a job, in very trying times, especially with the monopoly now gone, and other people getting into the business of delivering mail.

caveat_emptor

Saveit wrote:

I was also told I need not inform the Police but I would feel happier If I did. What do you think?

It is fraud, I would definitely inform the police.

hobo28

I've been stung a couple of times in the past. Interestingly enough I always used my CREDIT card for internet transactions and my debit card for everyday transactions. Both times, I was scammed on my DEBIT card.

The only explanation I can think of is that most reputable Internet sites generally have good security, encryption etc. Only VERY few people have access to credit card numbers.

However, how often do we hand over our cards to people in shops etc? Over the phone perhaps? Whats to stop a callcentre agent writing down your details on another sheet of paper?

I applied for a Cahoot card because they have a webcard feature. What this does is allow you to generate a unique CC number which has a set limit. Eg. £10. You can use this online and if someone cracks it then of course you've probably used the limit up anyway. Its great, the only downside is that for certain things where you have to then take your card to collect goods, its no good. Eg. cinema tickets etc. since your number won't match.

Claudie

My Egg card was used twice in Paraguay and I was blissfully ignorant, minding my own business here at home in the UK.

Egg were brilliant and very helpful. They issued me with a new card quite quickly and told me not to worry about it. From discussions with their Fraud Dept, I was given the impression that they believed the fraud wasn't online. In a "weird coincidence" I had put my car into the garage to have some work done and the amount of the work was pennies different to the amount claimed by a parts dealership in Paraguay. They were the only transactions on the card at the time so easy to spot.

I did call the garage concerned and they said all the right things but who knows what they did with my card when I had left their shop? My instincts tell me they were somehow involved.

Saveit

I called the Police in Ashford Kent because that is where the orders are going ,(a College) one of the orders is to a Male and they are getting the name from John Lewis so there does seem some hope that the culprits could be caught. Providing there is such a person at the College, two parcels with my name are sitting in the Colleges Post Room now, and no one has tried to claim them yet but the Security Assistant said they will stay with him until the Police call for them.
I can't understand how they got my details but lucky that the first retailer sent the goods to my address or it could have been weeks before I noticed.

ffacoffipawb

wonderfullife wrote:

Here we go again, blame it on Royal Mail workers, I've worked for Royal Mail for over 15 years, and in all that time I have never taken a stamp, let alone a credit card!!

There was a man who worked for the Post Office who's job it was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky handwriting to God. He thought he should open it to see what it was about.

The letter read,

'Dear God,

I am an 83 year old widow, living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had £100 in it, which was all the money I had until my next pension day. Next Sunday is Christmas, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with. I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope.

Can you please help me?

Sincerely

Edna'

The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her wallet and came up with a few quid. By the time he made the rounds, he had collected £96, which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman.

The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be able to share with her friends.

Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter came from the old lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened, It read,

'Dear God,

How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your gift of love, I was able to fix a glorious dinner for my friends.We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful gift.

By the way, there was £4 missing. I think it must have been those thieving b****** at the Post Office.

Sincerely

Edna'

Lorian

Saveit wrote:

I called the Police in Ashford Kent because that is where the orders are going ,(a College) one of the orders is to a Male and they are getting the name from John Lewis so there does seem some hope that the culprits could be caught. Providing there is such a person at the College, two parcels with my name are sitting in the Colleges Post Room now, and no one has tried to claim them yet but the Security Assistant said they will stay with him until the Police call for them.
I can't understand how they got my details but lucky that the first retailer sent the goods to my address or it could have been weeks before I noticed.

Great stuff. One thing to remember if "his cousin" gets caught is to ask the police to find out how they got your information!

Ffacoffipawb - ROFLOL.

Saveit

Update
It wasn't a Post Man, it wasn't a dodgy reataurant, it wasn't anything to do with the internet and it wasn't anything to do with my identity being stolen from my bin etc. I work for a company who monitor companies in the Insurance industry and I make calls which are recorded my Company then send the tapes to be transcribed and Guess who does it The College in Ashford Kent. One person worked on my tapes so it looks as though he took down my details and started ordering off the Internet so hopefully within the next day or two he will be arrested.
I am relieved to find out how it came about and that it wasn't scammed on the Internet. My lesson from this is Security of the companies my company deal with, I am sure this will be very embarassing for the College and I will be prosecuting.
Sorted!

wonderfullife_2

Hi
I'm really glad that you found out what happened, and hopefully the person responsible will be dealt with accordingly.

Glad to see it wasn't a postie, :j just proves we can't jump to unfounded conclusions, until we have the facts.

I'm glad its sorted out now.