Weird Transaction Showing on Halifax Account

LadyMorticia

Hey everyone.

I have a weird transaction showing under my 'pending transactions' in my Halifax account. It says GENE KLOCKE DEDHAM US and it's for 62p.

I don't remember buying anything for this amount and googling only brings up some sort of Livestock business in the US.

I'm going to try and get in touch with Halifax tomorrow, but does anyone have any idea of what it could be?

It's a bit suspicious and seems like when fraudsters charge your card for a small amount to see if it works, but I'm very careful with my card details so I'm not sure.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

jonesMUFCforever

Talk to Halifax ASAP - you could be spot on.

LadyMorticia

Just an update. I contacted Halifax at about 12am after I posted (thank goodness for 24 hour service!) as I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep if I didn't do it.

The person I spoke to at the fraud team said there weren't any other details showing about what company it was and that it looked like it was most definitely someone trying to see if my card was valid so that they could take more money from it.

My card has been cancelled and another one is being sent out to me.

She said that sometimes fraudsters will try a combination of numbers to get a valid card number and then take it from there.

I have to praise Halifax. They were fantastic in helping me!