Credit Card Fraud Incident GoDaddy Netherlands

eco_warrior

fwor wrote: »

As credit card frauds go, it's a bit of an inexplicable one though, isn't it?

I would have expected a "typical" credit card fraud to involve someone buying something expensive and resellable, having it delivered somewhere and then selling it and making off with the cash.

But GoDaddy Netherlands (possibly related to the US-based GoDaddy with the elephant butchering CEO?) sell domain names and web hosting and stuff like that don't they?

There doesn't seem to be anything much they sell that you can easily run off with and sell to your mate down the pub, so as an attempt at fraud, how does it work?

On the face of it, it looks more like an erroneous transaction than an attempt at fraud. I can't imagine that anyone at GoDaddy NL would foresee any outcome other than a chargeback, because a £500 transaction is not going to be overlooked by many people...

I get what you are saying but fraudulent transactions can be anything. Its not always expensive items that can be sold on although that does happen. I've seen GoDaddy fraud before but not much, its not a known trend as far as I am aware.

techquest

agrinnall wrote: »

What's your evidence that GoDaddy carried out the fraud? It seems highly unlikely that a respected organisation would risk their reputation for a small amount of money. They are probably the victims of the fraud.

It was two transactions, 1st one £90 second £410 + charges, both in the same month and a few days apart. The name on both transaction are the same company which the fraud department of the bank have confirmed. I don't disagree their name could perhaps be being used to commit such scams.

The real issue in this is how a card 2 years out of date could be used to carry out the fraudulent transactions in the first place. both the bank and cc company must have known the card was out of date, which they confirmed during the conversation with fraud department.

sausage_time

Despite some of the negative comments here, I think this is a very valid post by the OP - thanks applied. A warning to us all to be diligent, especially around dormant accounts and expired cards.

eco_warrior

techquest wrote: »

It was two transactions, 1st one £90 second £410 + charges, both in the same month and a few days apart. The name on both transaction are the same company which the fraud department of the bank have confirmed. I don't disagree their name could perhaps be being used to commit such scams. .

If its fraud then someone, a fraudster, has used your card details to make the 2 purchases with GoDaddy. Its theft/fraud - not a scam. A scam is when you are tricked into something, not had your card details compromised/stolen and used by a 3rd party.

The real issue in this is how a card 2 years out of date could be used to carry out the fraudulent transactions in the first place. both the bank and cc company must have known the card was out of date, which they confirmed during the conversation with fraud department.

Transactions can appear on closed or expired credit card accounts although its unusual. It the merchant doesn't go online to request authorisation from the credit card provider then the transaction can be forced through. However this means the credit card company can dispute the payment very easily as not being correctly authorised.


Its good you got it sorted, this sort of thing can happen to anyone, in fact it happens to most people at some point, such is the extent of fraud these days.

unforeseen

About 20 years ago I had a fraud on my CC.

It had the normal mobile phone top up cards but also online interflora for his girlfriend AND he paid a debt collection agency as well. Sometimes fraudsters can be really thick.

techquest

As you say eco_warrior the use of the word scam was incorrect, fraud is what it is. I'm glad I had overlooked not destroying the card in this case as I had the evidence of it's indisputable expiatory date. Makes you wonder though what should we really do with any expired card, this case in mind!

techquest

unforeseen wrote: »

About 20 years ago I had a fraud on my CC.

It had the normal mobile phone top up cards but also online interflora for his girlfriend AND he paid a debt collection agency as well. Sometimes fraudsters can be really thick.

You have to laugh because they are clever enough to carry out the fraud but sometimes dumb enough to leave all the traces back to them. :rotfl: Sadly on the serious side it is us that eventually pay for this in our interest rates etc

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Not another so called IT expert been defrauded!

I’ll get some pop corn and squash!

techquest

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

I’ll get some pop corn and squash!

Sure you can get out of your chair to manage that?