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Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her credit
card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from Bestbuy.com. Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and asked if she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and recommended that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card and have a new one issued, which she did. I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was apparently done on-line. I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order. You have to be careful out there. Eisboch |
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Eisboch wrote:
Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her credit card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from Bestbuy.com. Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and asked if she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and recommended that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card and have a new one issued, which she did. I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was apparently done on-line. I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order. You have to be careful out there. Eisboch Damn. I wonder if that Bentley convertible order will go through... Good catch by Bestbuy... |
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Eisboch wrote:
Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her credit card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from Bestbuy.com. Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and asked if she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and recommended that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card and have a new one issued, which she did. I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was apparently done on-line. I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order. You have to be careful out there. Eisboch They always save the IP number of where the credit card order was placed, but if they use a public access computer that does not require a log in, they won't be able to track them down. That is why most public library require you to log on before you use the computers. I would think Best Buy could grab them when they come in to pick up the computer. I had someone write over $8000 worth of credit card checks to pay off their credit card balance on a different card. Obviously they were using a stolen credit card and were trying to keep it valid for awhile longer. I have also had charges from Turkey and Eastern Europe appear on my card. |
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JimH wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her credit card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from Bestbuy.com. Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and asked if she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and recommended that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card and have a new one issued, which she did. I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was apparently done on-line. I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order. You have to be careful out there. Eisboch Best thing to do now is for your wife to file an alert with the 3 credit reporting agencies. I filed the fraud alert when I had the credit checks written. It was a minor inconvenience for us when we tried to take advantage of a no interest purchase, but well worth it not to have to have a big time ID theft. The fraud alert will result in them turning down your credit the first time, you will then need to talk the credit mgr. and have him review your ID. |
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On Oct 30, 6:27?am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote: Eisboch wrote: Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her credit card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from Bestbuy.com. Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and asked if she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and recommended that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card and have a new one issued, which she did. I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was apparently done on-line. I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order. You have to be careful out there. Eisboch They always save the IP number of where the credit card order was placed, but if they use a public access computer that does not require a log in, they won't be able to track them down. That is why most public library require you to log on before you use the computers. I would think Best Buy could grab them when they come in to pick up the computer. I had someone write over $8000 worth of credit card checks to pay off their credit card balance on a different card. Obviously they were using a stolen credit card and were trying to keep it valid for awhile longer. I have also had charges from Turkey and Eastern Europe appear on my card.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - When the charges from the bar and the "massage parlor" come through, I always tell my wife that somebody must have stolen the card. Again. |
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:25:59 -0400, HK wrote:
Good catch by Bestbuy... More likely a good catch by the credit card company. All of the major card issuers have made big investments in early warning systems that screen for unusual patterns of activity. It's a cost of doing business, otherwise they'd be overwhelmed by fraud losses. |
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![]() "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:25:59 -0400, HK wrote: Good catch by Bestbuy... More likely a good catch by the credit card company. All of the major card issuers have made big investments in early warning systems that screen for unusual patterns of activity. It's a cost of doing business, otherwise they'd be overwhelmed by fraud losses. That's what I thought was unusual about this. It was Bestbuy.com that called my wife. They recommended calling the credit card company. This happened to me a few years ago. Got a call one late morning at home (in MA) from someone at Discover Card. They wanted to know if I was in West Palm doing some serious shopping. Someone had reproduced a Discover Card with my account number and had rung up over 8k worth of purchases that morning. Funny thing is, I don't think I ever used that card ... and still don't even though they sent a new one with a different account number. Eisboch |
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:32:45 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote: Someone had reproduced a Discover Card with my account number and had rung up over 8k worth of purchases that morning. They should have caught it before it got that far, especially on a card with prior low or no usage. |
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Chuck Gould wrote:
On Oct 30, 6:27?am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote: Eisboch wrote: Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her credit card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from Bestbuy.com. Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and asked if she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and recommended that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card and have a new one issued, which she did. I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was apparently done on-line. I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order. You have to be careful out there. Eisboch They always save the IP number of where the credit card order was placed, but if they use a public access computer that does not require a log in, they won't be able to track them down. That is why most public library require you to log on before you use the computers. I would think Best Buy could grab them when they come in to pick up the computer. I had someone write over $8000 worth of credit card checks to pay off their credit card balance on a different card. Obviously they were using a stolen credit card and were trying to keep it valid for awhile longer. I have also had charges from Turkey and Eastern Europe appear on my card.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - When the charges from the bar and the "massage parlor" come through, I always tell my wife that somebody must have stolen the card. Again. That's my story and I am sticking to it. |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:25:59 -0400, HK wrote: Good catch by Bestbuy... More likely a good catch by the credit card company. All of the major card issuers have made big investments in early warning systems that screen for unusual patterns of activity. It's a cost of doing business, otherwise they'd be overwhelmed by fraud losses. Anytime my purchasing habits change, I always get a phone call from Citibank. |
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