Extremely angry

[longworthb]

Ok so it all started when I went to the beer store. my debit got declined when I was positive I had plenty money for the beer. I came home and got online to check my statements only to find out someone had gotten my card info and drained my account. after chugging a beer I had to purchase with a credit card I start looking. the only purchases I have made recently are from cov and gourmet. I'm not sure what's going on but the only other purchases I've ever made with this card was at my work. anyone else ever had this happen?
forgot to mention my card is always with me and noone has ever laid a hand on it

 

[TinyTimberGal]

There are wireless credit card readers that can pick up (steal) the information from your card as easily as walking past you. Anything is possible, but not necessarily a vendor problem. It's advised to keep you cards in an aluminum case to prevent your info from being hacked.

 

[AttyPops]

Yes, also.... some of the viruses/spyware steal cc info by monitoring your keystrokes. So, even though you used those sites, they may not have been the source of the problem (but who knows).

You really need to check your system out too. See the forum security section. Computer Security

 

[Sentonal]

Check your pc for spyware. And don't forget... key listeners are not uncommon to be rolled out in corporate environments.

Plus... it doesn't have to be recent... I work with a guy who had this same thing happen... the only time he used his debit card was at a Chinese restaurant 4 months previous and only because he wanted to make sure the card worked!!! Suddenly it was being used to buy an apple laptop, lucky for him he only kept 500 in that savings account as a backup... But the laptop was being shipped to person with a name suggesting Asian ancestry in Seattle and the Police could do NOTHING with that paper trail.

 

[Sentonal]

Basically... its better to be poor so no-one can steal from ya.....

 

[Sentonal]

There are wireless credit card readers that can pick up (steal) the information from your card as easily as walking past you. Anything is possible, but not necessarily a vendor problem. It's advised to keep you cards in an aluminum case to prevent your info from being hacked.

You can buy a wallet that will effectively protect from the wireless readers.ThinkGeek :: RFID Blocking Wallet I have this, and its been a good wallet but if I could figure out how to get ThinkGeek :: Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver of the 11th Doctor to vape.... id be styling.

 

[longworthb]

I wasn't trying to imply it was a vendor I'm just really ....... I checked. my computer for everything as soon as I found out. man I'm ......

 

[TinyTimberGal]

I would be too. It happened to my niece at a restaurant. The waitress took the card to run the charge, and ran it through her card reader (back in the old days when it had to be swiped). She was caught, but there are always others lurking. I hope your bank reverses the charges for you. Good luck.

 

[AttyPops]

Basically... its better to be poor so no-one can steal from ya.....

IDK, I think I'd rather be rich and risk it...............lol jk

hope it works out for ya longworthb

 

[TNT]

A few years ago, I got a call from my bank's security department... on a Sunday afternoon. "We've frozen your debit card because we have reason to believe it's been compromised."

I almost took a crap thinking my entire bank account had been drained. "What gives you that idea?"

"Did you make two charges for $8.90 from Yahoo! yesterday?"

I thought about it... I've never paid anything for Yahoo! services before, but it certainly wouldn't have been odd if I had. (Turned out it was two domain names from their .com service). "No. I'm certain of it."

"We're cancelling your card immediately."

"Okay... but how could you possibly know just from two $8.90 charges at a very legitimate company that my card was compromised?"

"We can't reveal our security procedures."

Okay. The only thing I can figure is that I live in PA and the charges came from, say, a Ukrainian IP address. Whatever. Disaster was prevented and I got the $17.80 credited back immediately.

 

[Curvychic]

Aw man, that sucks. I really hope you find out what happened. My mom's credit cards were stolen one time, but they were only able to get away with some gas before she noticed. The company was nice enough to reverse the charges, and hopefully your bank can do the same for you. Good luck!!!

 

[Eli Huffman]

damn man that stinks...happened to me four yrs ago.

 

[jtpjc]

...but if I could figure out how to get ThinkGeek :: Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver of the 11th Doctor to Vape.... id be styling.

Here you go:

YouTube - My Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver e-cigarette!!!

 

[silkakc]

My card was hacked twice last yr and was cancelled twice. It happened using a debit card at an Aldi's grocery store. They were on the news about it. Thousands of folks's numbers were hacked by skimming machines that record your numbers. It happens at gas stations too frequently.

 

[NicLiq]

I had this happen with a card that had never been used online and had only been swiped by me, plus hadn't left a drawer until I used it while my daughter was having surgery out of town. I went nuts because that particular card should have been ultra theft-resistant, so I spent a lot of time on the phone with a fraud dept. trying to figure out what happened.

Whomever got mine actually made a physical card and was using it in Atlanta. Anyway, they have computers that run numbers all day long against unsecured websites and make charges for under $1. When they get a hit, they print a card and use it for 48 hours.

 

[NicLiq]

My card was hacked twice last yr and was cancelled twice. It happened using a debit card at an Aldi's grocery store. They were on the news about it. Thousands of folks's numbers were hacked by skimming machines that record your numbers. It happens at gas stations too frequently.

I saw a skimming machine on a Red Box 3 years ago at a Walmart in Orlando. A month later all the machines had a metal plate under them. These people are geniuses.

 

[longworthb]

it turns out they used it for something to do with Skype, at a medical supply store, and at a computer store

 

[warlike36]

Basically... its better to be poor so no-one can steal from ya.....

Love it...Love it..Love it... Not being poor, but it is cool knowing no one can steal from me.

 

[wrigleyvillain]

Yeah it makes me a bit nervous purchasing stuff from all these smaller vendors as well as some people in China but I only use my relatively-low-limit credit card as opposed to my bank account card.

 

[jlarsen]

There are wireless credit card readers that can pick up (steal) the information from your card as easily as walking past you. Anything is possible, but not necessarily a vendor problem. It's advised to keep you cards in an aluminum case to prevent your info from being hacked.

Only if your card is a contactless card, and the threat has been greatly reduced since the RFID technology in contactless cards has been refined to work at a much shorter distance, and not transmit information in plain text.

I suppose if someone has contactless cards, that MIGHT be good advice, but as a cashier, I see very, very few contactless cards, and I've seen even fewer places that read them. That technology seems to have fizzled before it got very popular.