Another Victim of CC Fraud

[gordong11]

There is no doubt a Vaping supplier has Credit Card Fraud problems. I have ONLY used my bank account debit card for vaping supplies in the last 2 weeks for online purchases, and in the last 3 days I have had 7 fraud purchases. I have fraud purchases from Navyfield, Vopium, and Charity water (1st fraud, must been testing). Total $215, I'm glad my account went into the negative which raised the redflag. Please be careful when using a bank account debit card, and Vendors please check your security. Please do a better job in policing yourselves and staff access to card numbers. I have only bought from well known vendors and I won't single out. If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone.

Added: Use either a credit Card or goto the store and buy a pre-paid card or gift card, then buy supplies. I think my bank guarantees only $300, so I should be ok, but will be a while before i get that money back.

[Kemosabe]

i always use my credit card rather than my atm card when purchasing ANYTHING online, at restaurants, gas stations, pretty much everywhere. using your debit card/atm card for anything other than YOUR banks atm is putting you at risk. certain vendors wil lbe more of a risk than others, but this is a general rule of thumb. better safe than sorry. also, credit card purchases can be disputed, debit card purchases are much more difficult to dispute due to the fat that your debit card has REAL money on it. a credit card has credit.

edit: trusted, big name banks are safe atms too. its just the wacky one-off ATMs that im told are less than savory.

FYI this info is not the end all be all, its just what ive been told. its helpful to me so im passing it on.

edit #2 sorry about your fraud! glad to hear it wasnt a huge issue to get your money back.

[gordong11]

It pisses me off, I am not buying from unkown vendors and I have been buying online for a long time and never had an issue. It's probably a rogue employee stealing card numbers because I I always check the SSL security before a purchase on any site I buy from and like I said I haven't bought from tiny vendors, but one and that was a month ago.

[Kemosabe]

it could very well be a rogue. damn rogues.

[ambientech]

It pisses me off, I am not buying from unkown vendors and I have been buying online for a long time and never had an issue. It's probably a rogue employee stealing card numbers because I I always check the SSL security before a purchase on any site I buy from and like I said I haven't bought from tiny vendors, but one and that was a month ago.

I feel ya. I too have used my debit card online a lot for years no problem then after I started vaping my account was cleaned out twice in less than 6 months.

[gordong11]

it could very well be a rogue. damn rogues.

LOL wouldn't be as painful if a paladin had stolen

[jwtaylor27]

I've read several threads on here of people talking about this happening to them. Maybe its time we start calling out the vendors. Only if you know for sure which vendor was responsible. Just seems to me with the frequency that this is happening maybe its time to specifically warn others of who to avoid.

[WCSR]

I've read several threads on here of people talking about this happening to them. Maybe its time we start calling out the vendors. Only if you know for sure which vendor was responsible. Just seems to me with the frequency that this is happening maybe its time to specifically warn others of who to avoid.

Or... The people that have experienced it need to compare notes via PM, and then try to narrow it down. Then turn it over to their CC companies and let the rest of us know.

[b0redagain]

I've read several threads on here of people talking about this happening to them. Maybe its time we start calling out the vendors. Only if you know for sure which vendor was responsible. Just seems to me with the frequency that this is happening maybe its time to specifically warn others of who to avoid.

Generally, it's the card processor, not the vendor. Perhaps if we find out the card processor we could convince the vendor to make a change to another processor.

[CigFreedMike]

Thanks for posting this. I haven't had that problem (yet), but I stopped using my atm card for internet purchases because of this post and I really appreciate the warning. Over the years I've had a few fraudulent encounters with my cards but the credit card agencies were pretty good about it. I would think they spend a lot of time figuring out these things, fortunately.