Fraudulent Credit Card Transactions

RC66_2

Just want to post as a warning to others to be on guard and to block cards at the slightlest hint of trouble:

It started last month with a £409 transaction to a company call Ebuyer - never dealt with them, never heard of them. Sought advice from card services and was told that it probably wasn't worth blocking my card - two letters later it became clear that I wasn't being believed and was required to provide documentary evidence (? of a transaction I've never completed?) and should contact the company I 've never heard of and enquire about the amount! I found the company website but cannot email them without registering with them nor talk to anyone without disclosing my personal details - name, address etc. As if I'm going to do that! Alhtough I am not required to pay the 'disputed' amount at the moment I am still being charge interest on it.

Today I received next statement with 7 fraudulent transactions; 4 to VUE Bsl in London and Livingston, 1 to National Express in Birmingham, 1 to T Mobile and 1 for Hair extensions bought over the internet. I have now been passed to the Fraud departmentand my card has been blocked. Having read several blogs on the subject I notice thses comany names are cropping up rather alot. BEWARE!

danilou21

I have used ebuyer for a couple of years, they are usually really good. You have to set up an account with them to order products, so they will have some of your details already. I think that they have the halifax secure thing, where you have to answer security questions before they process the order. Give them a call and explain the situation to them (or pass the number on to your cc company, I would have thougt they would to this for you) The telephone number is 0871 521 33 00

MARIAN

I am another victim of Vue Bsl. Somebody mentioned that they seem to take a small amount (in my case £5.20) to test the water and then move onto the larger amounts. This happened to me, the second fraudulent transaction was an Easyjet booking of £250. My bank suspected fraud immediately, and it was resolved quickly. But isn't it time the Police investigated Vue BSL? It can't be a coincidence when there are so many people reporting the same thing.

Torby

Surely that would be an ideal opportunity for the fraud squad to catch a culprit...if someone has paid for easyjet flights, the name of the person/persons flying will be recorded...then when they turn up for flights...with identification...they get nabbed....the flights would have to be bought in their names and if they have false credentials...its a double whammy...credit card scam AND false passport/driving licence....if they police DON'T do anything about it....how can anyone then claim our airlines are safe from terrorism?....buy flights with a stolen card...board plane with forged credentials....it makes a mockery of the whole airline security system....I can't see the police turning a blind eye to that one!....if they did...the Sun would love it!

nico26

I agree block straight away. I am presently abroad because my husband is working here and only have my direct debits coming off my current account.Unlucky for me I had deposited some a couple of days before .I decided to check on the state of my account and to my horror I have about 40 transactions fraudulently done by people in america. Where the blazes they got my details from I will never know. They even went on a gambling site. I phoned my bank and told them to move all my money out to my other account but she said they couldnt move it all because there were still transactions pending and they would need to be honoured even although they new they were all done fraudulently. I couldnt believe it. So I had to leave 1000 pounds in the bank for them to plunder.20 of them were from the same hosting company. How they didnt query that I will never know. Some of my direct debits were not going to get paid and the next day they sent me a cheeky letter by e-mail saying I had no money to pay the direct debits and were charging me £35 for each direct debit not paid.Although that £1000 I could not move is still in there. I am going to have to fly home next week to sort it all out and I wouldnt like to be the person I am going to speak to.
I have been able to contact some of the companies involved and they are going to refund me when I get home and be able to give them my new card details. All this money came out in 2 days So if you suspect anything cancel a lot can happen in a day.