Keep a close eye on your credit card statements
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if you guys didnt state this already my credit card company has a program that allows you to create a number with a generator with a configurable expiration and $$ limit. make transaction, the poof its gone
citi bank has it
citi bank has it
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It would be nice if all the credit/debit cards had this capability.
Sort of glad to hear I wasn't the only one. They hit me on Monday morning. A $25 charge to craigslist in San Francisco and then attempted $75 charge to some ad agency. Got a text at 4am from my bank. Canceled card and waiting on a new one.
What a bunch of crooks.
What a bunch of crooks.
just pay off your credit card every month and you won't get into "trouble"
bumping this because I know people don't read entire threads. really this will solve the problem. call your CC company and ask if they have a virtual number or "safe shop" or a way to get a one time use number!
craigslist? how do you charge on craigslist I wonder?
I have no idea. But, that was the "note" on the charge. Probably a front for something.
When I spoke with my bank, they said that "a lot of our customers were affected by this wave of fraudulent charges."
So, either "a lot" of their customers are part of the vaping community or this is more widespread than originally thought.
I'm thinking this just points more at CC processors (or something much further up the line than any specific vendor) being the weak point in this whole mess.
So, either "a lot" of their customers are part of the vaping community or this is more widespread than originally thought.
I'm thinking this just points more at CC processors (or something much further up the line than any specific vendor) being the weak point in this whole mess.
You folks are lucky. My CC was compromised back around Thanksgiving. A week later, my bank accounts were compromised. A week after that, I started getting all these notices for credit that I did not apply for. Full blown identity theft has ensued. I still get two or three notices per week either "congratulating" me on my new credit line or turning me down for murky reasons (ie, the fraud warning caught it but they don't want to tell me that).
So far, I am out nothing except for my time and aggravation. The crooks have gotten away with under $500 in goods as everything else has been caught by the early fraud warnings.
With the CC, it's easy. Just contact the CC company and tell them about the fraud. They'll have you fill out a fraud affidavit and they'll handle it from there. There's no need to contact the vendors of the fraudulent transaction.
As for my debit card, it gets used nowhere except the ATM machine at my bank. There's no way in the world I'd ever let my debit card number out into the wild.
So far, I am out nothing except for my time and aggravation. The crooks have gotten away with under $500 in goods as everything else has been caught by the early fraud warnings.
With the CC, it's easy. Just contact the CC company and tell them about the fraud. They'll have you fill out a fraud affidavit and they'll handle it from there. There's no need to contact the vendors of the fraudulent transaction.
As for my debit card, it gets used nowhere except the ATM machine at my bank. There's no way in the world I'd ever let my debit card number out into the wild.
Craiglist charges to list job ads. The charge is $25. Some areas like NYC and SF, they also charge to list real estate ads.
I don't understand how they get away with airline tickets, since they are bought in a name and someone would have to show up with ID to take the flight. There must be some way to convert them back to cash.
I would like to know just how widespread it is and who the CC processor is.
I had the same issue but it was after a madvapes purchase, 2 days after. Cancelled the card
I'm not certain, but I've heard Authorize.net's name bandied about a lot in the past couple of days.
Ok..I only see one vendor that I have used within this time frame that I can tell for sure uses Authorize.Net and I'm monitoring that card that I used to purchase goods. There is less than 2 dollars on it but I can still find out if any transactions were declined in the meantime.
Got hit again for another $200, from China. Finally went down to my local branch, cancelled my debit card, and got a pre-paid card.
I just got a call from my bank, someone tried using my card at a dating website 17 times last night!! 17 times my god. Good thing my bank caught it, but now I have to wait for a new card to come. I'm thrilled about this, but of coarse I wanted to buy new goodies this week and refuse to use debit online. For the first time since I switched the checkbook wins 
...shopping spree next week to break in the new card.
...shopping spree next week to break in the new card.
I too just found charges from match.com kiss.com skype and best buy. I am getting a prepaid debt card for my ecig stuff. That fact is these places are small and cant afford the security of really big companies. But still I wish they did better.
This thing is really getting big.
And the bogus account charges are coming in from worldwide.
This just doesn't seem vendor specific to me anymore.
Looks (to me) like a CC processor got hacked.
Has anyone heard anything about folks who were not buying vaping - related stuff getting bogus charges too?
And the bogus account charges are coming in from worldwide.
This just doesn't seem vendor specific to me anymore.
Looks (to me) like a CC processor got hacked.
Has anyone heard anything about folks who were not buying vaping - related stuff getting bogus charges too?
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