Seems like they could come up with an individual pin # specifically for on line use to verify you are the one making the transaction. Course that would probably fail too eventually now that we no longer have to worry about having any privacy.
Check your credit card or debit card statement ASAP
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No $9.84s on my cards. Thanks for the headup. I wish more sites took Paypal though.
Mine was hit again, too. I called Bank of America and the fraud department said they'd been getting calls all day long about the same fraudulent charge. My card was canceled and a new one expedited to arrive here today. This is the 4th time in 6 months that they've hit my card and I've canceled it every time. It's always my BoA Visa.
The worst part is that Kreps Security researched these guys and wrote an article about them. We know their names, where they live (London), and the name of every .com that they use for the fraud. They've been getting away with this for years.
Make sure you have a notification set for any international charges.
Four times in 6 months and several cancelled cards... there's got to be a common denominator... have you considered looking into where you are shopping? Especially on-line...
Another consideration... do you shop from the same computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone? Do you have all the most current security patches and anti-virus stuff on your devices all up to date?
Another consideration... do you shop from the same computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone? Do you have all the most current security patches and anti-virus stuff on your devices all up to date?
It's always my Bank of America Visa card. I also use my Visa debit card or Chase CC at all the same stores and neither has ever been stolen.
I do all of my shopping from home on my iPad. If it was something on my end they would get my other cards, too. I think the common denominator is Bank of America!
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america pp won't allow american ecig vendors to use them. yes, some do, but it against the pp tos
Same here - same amount, same day. www.IEPTCS.com was the "merchant." Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention and found that I also had the following:
05/14/2014 - www.mmaslimdown.com - $49.95
06/23/2014 - www.IEPTCS.com - $49.95
06/23/2014 - www.betterfocustoday.com - $49.95
06/30/2014 - www.IEPTCS.com - credit for $49.95 (strange they credited it back on their own; but then charged via betterfocus.com)
07/18/2014 - www.877-290-2631- $49.95 (this charge was pending when I found it; made on 07/18 at 3:47 am EDT; shutdown of card took care of that)
Following the recent charge, I closed by debit card down and Chase refunded me the remaining charges due. All of the "businesses" are registered in Florida through various entity names. I also found a UK connection.
Scary stuff, folks.
Just found my second fraud charge this year. Both companies were out of Florida. Never had this problem until I started buying vape stuff online. I hope that is not why.
Both times it was for $49.95 first was fitlikemma dot com and this time was an 888 phone number dot com.
Both times it was for $49.95 first was fitlikemma dot com and this time was an 888 phone number dot com.
Chase and Bank of America, both banks I've left and with Wells Fargo and so far so good..thanks for the heads up, I saw this on the news around the first of the year, I can't believe they're still at it.
I'm like a hawk though, I log on every morning (and sometimes even more) and look over charges, consult with Ed if there's one I don't recognize making..etc.
I think PayPal has helped greatly no giving up the visa number to "unknowns" off the net.
sorry that's happened to y'all..we had a hacker get us back in 2000 and it was a nightmare (and why I left Chase)
I'm like a hawk though, I log on every morning (and sometimes even more) and look over charges, consult with Ed if there's one I don't recognize making..etc.
I think PayPal has helped greatly no giving up the visa number to "unknowns" off the net.
sorry that's happened to y'all..we had a hacker get us back in 2000 and it was a nightmare (and why I left Chase)
listerr, I have had 3 fraudulent charges for 49.95 in recent months. Today it was 877-290-2631.com and previously I had one show up for IEPTCS.com. My debit card has been shut down each time and I've received a new card. So the problem is a merchant that I'm using repeatedly. Considering this forum comes up when I google the info from the transaction, it is likely an e-cig related vendor. I ONLY give repeat business to 3 vendors, and I think I know which is the bad apple. Would it be bad form to mention in this thread the 3 ecig vendors I use?
Yes, since you don't know which one it was for sure. I think I got zinged by an ecig vendor too but not going to point fingers in public. Actually, it's not the vendor that's doing it, it's the payment system that's at fault, I believe. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong please.
We've publicly named them in the past ( w/o badmouthing), And no one has gone out of business, but at least also give the feedback to that vendor.
As far as I know, no vendor has my card number on file. I enter it each time. These sites get hit and they download the databases and sift through. I like Paypal and try to use them much as possible. At least it's a source of payment where the vendor doesn't get the CC information, just the money for the transaction.
I was hit in the Target scam ... at least Target offered the one year protection. Bank of America called me and informed me that my card was one of the ones that Target had on file. They sent me a new debit card with a new number and pin. That's the second time that BOA has called me and informed me of a scam. The other time I had just gotten an email notification about a Sears charge on my Visa that I didn't make. While I had the email open, the phone rang. It was BOA card services. Cool! They swapped that card out, too.
I was hit in the Target scam ... at least Target offered the one year protection. Bank of America called me and informed me that my card was one of the ones that Target had on file. They sent me a new debit card with a new number and pin. That's the second time that BOA has called me and informed me of a scam. The other time I had just gotten an email notification about a Sears charge on my Visa that I didn't make. While I had the email open, the phone rang. It was BOA card services. Cool! They swapped that card out, too.
Do not name the vendor. They can not respond here in this thread and outside of vendor forums and it is not fair to them.
The reason ECF comes up when you do a search, somewhere among all the threads, that charge information is listed. More than likely in this same thread.
I got the 49.95 one recently as well. Sigh..I just really need to stop being so lazy about getting pre-paid cards. At any rate, when I called Capital One to report it, they asked me if I had called the number.
Seriously?
Sure, let them get my cell number too. /facepalm.
Seriously?
Sure, let them get my cell number too. /facepalm.
I'm safe so far, and I've only ordered from one vendor on here. Sorry to the folks who got zinged 
GL getting it sorted!!!
GL getting it sorted!!!
Do any of you who have fraudulent transactions use any 3rd party bill pay apps, such as Check on Android?
So far I've never been scammed online though I 99% of the time use paypal and the card I use for other online purchases has a limit of $300.00 and I can always dispute a charge which I've done with a vendor who wouldn't give me a refund on a defective device.
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