Chase fraudulent charges
Dec 18, 2013, 8:18 pm
#107
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: HPN
Programs: not anymore! I'm FREE!
Posts: 3,459
bj, could it be that someone hacked into your chase.com account? That's one way they could get all the card numbers and other info.
Another way is to download several credit reports from different credit monitoring services. They can piece together the info to get full account numbers. They'd have to know your SSN, but how hard is that to find out? Get your credit report from each of the 3 bureaus and look for soft pulls from companies you don't recognize.
Another way is to download several credit reports from different credit monitoring services. They can piece together the info to get full account numbers. They'd have to know your SSN, but how hard is that to find out? Get your credit report from each of the 3 bureaus and look for soft pulls from companies you don't recognize.
Dec 18, 2013, 8:45 pm
#109
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 220
My sapphire card was just used for a fraudulent transaction and I had to get a new one. Placed a few orders at Apple...
I blamed marriott. Didn't they make us change passwords because of data breach. I only use my sapphire card for travel and dining. Didn't think it could be from a dining purchase cause they used my billing address for the online orders
I blamed marriott. Didn't they make us change passwords because of data breach. I only use my sapphire card for travel and dining. Didn't think it could be from a dining purchase cause they used my billing address for the online orders
Jan 16, 2014, 5:11 am
#114
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA, UA, SQ, VA, QF, AF, BA
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I had an attempted fraud on my Ink from THE BUCKLE ONLINE for $0.01. Somehow Chase figured out that it was a dodgy charge (I googled it and it's some kind of online jeans shop) though I have no idea how they figured it out. It's not the kind of shop I would frequent. Who the hell buys jeans for $0.01?
I'm trying to figure out how it could have happened, how someone got the details of this card. I haven't shopped at Target but I did pay some accommodation charges in advance by phone. The merchants are small lodge/campgrounds in Australia and they processed the charge on Eftpos machines.
Has anyone had this sort of problem before?
They sent me an email and I called them. The upshot is that they cancelled my card and they said they would send the replacement to Australia. This is the worst possible timing as I have some expenses coming up in Ink-friendly categories. Does it take a long time for a cad to be sent overseas?
I'm trying to figure out how it could have happened, how someone got the details of this card. I haven't shopped at Target but I did pay some accommodation charges in advance by phone. The merchants are small lodge/campgrounds in Australia and they processed the charge on Eftpos machines.
Has anyone had this sort of problem before?
They sent me an email and I called them. The upshot is that they cancelled my card and they said they would send the replacement to Australia. This is the worst possible timing as I have some expenses coming up in Ink-friendly categories. Does it take a long time for a cad to be sent overseas?
Jan 16, 2014, 6:52 am
#115
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: San Antonio
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It sounds like they were just running through numbers to see if any went through - then if they did they'd hit it big time. The first one I had with Chase they did 6 charges in a few hours - all to the same place - the second, like yours, some clothing place I'd never shop at.
I had an attempted fraud on my Ink from THE BUCKLE ONLINE for $0.01. Somehow Chase figured out that it was a dodgy charge (I googled it and it's some kind of online jeans shop) though I have no idea how they figured it out. It's not the kind of shop I would frequent. Who the hell buys jeans for $0.01?
I'm trying to figure out how it could have happened, how someone got the details of this card. I haven't shopped at Target but I did pay some accommodation charges in advance by phone. The merchants are small lodge/campgrounds in Australia and they processed the charge on Eftpos machines.
Has anyone had this sort of problem before?
They sent me an email and I called them. The upshot is that they cancelled my card and they said they would send the replacement to Australia. This is the worst possible timing as I have some expenses coming up in Ink-friendly categories. Does it take a long time for a cad to be sent overseas?
I'm trying to figure out how it could have happened, how someone got the details of this card. I haven't shopped at Target but I did pay some accommodation charges in advance by phone. The merchants are small lodge/campgrounds in Australia and they processed the charge on Eftpos machines.
Has anyone had this sort of problem before?
They sent me an email and I called them. The upshot is that they cancelled my card and they said they would send the replacement to Australia. This is the worst possible timing as I have some expenses coming up in Ink-friendly categories. Does it take a long time for a cad to be sent overseas?
Jan 16, 2014, 1:24 pm
#117
Join Date: Dec 2006
Programs: SPG Plat, Hyatt Diamond, UA, AA, DL, BA, CX
Posts: 491
I had 3 EA.com charges 1-2 week ago too on my Sapphire and card has been replaced. In addition to this recent one, I also had to replace my card twice last year due to fraud charges.
Jan 16, 2014, 1:41 pm
#118
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA, UA, SQ, VA, QF, AF, BA
Posts: 2,865
It sounds like they were just running through numbers to see if any went through - then if they did they'd hit it big time. The first one I had with Chase they did 6 charges in a few hours - all to the same place - the second, like yours, some clothing place I'd never shop at.
Assuming they cloned my card somehow or got my information, why wouldn't they just order a pair of designer jeans and hope it goes through?
The only way I can think they got my information would be from a lodge in Tasmania who wanted me to pay in advance for our accommodation and didn't have an online processor or belong to someplace like Expedia. I had to phone it in, presumably they wrote it on a piece of paper, processed it, then tossed the piece of paper out and the crook found it.
Jan 20, 2014, 2:26 am
#119
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA, UA, SQ, VA, QF, AF, BA
Posts: 2,865
I had an attempted fraud on my Ink from THE BUCKLE ONLINE for $0.01. Somehow Chase figured out that it was a dodgy charge (I googled it and it's some kind of online jeans shop) though I have no idea how they figured it out. It's not the kind of shop I would frequent. Who the hell buys jeans for $0.01?
I'm trying to figure out how it could have happened, how someone got the details of this card. I haven't shopped at Target but I did pay some accommodation charges in advance by phone. The merchants are small lodge/campgrounds in Australia and they processed the charge on Eftpos machines.
Has anyone had this sort of problem before?
They sent me an email and I called them. The upshot is that they cancelled my card and they said they would send the replacement to Australia. This is the worst possible timing as I have some expenses coming up in Ink-friendly categories. Does it take a long time for a card to be sent overseas?
I'm trying to figure out how it could have happened, how someone got the details of this card. I haven't shopped at Target but I did pay some accommodation charges in advance by phone. The merchants are small lodge/campgrounds in Australia and they processed the charge on Eftpos machines.
Has anyone had this sort of problem before?
They sent me an email and I called them. The upshot is that they cancelled my card and they said they would send the replacement to Australia. This is the worst possible timing as I have some expenses coming up in Ink-friendly categories. Does it take a long time for a card to be sent overseas?
Jan 25, 2014, 4:58 pm
#120
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: JZRO
Posts: 9,169
Chase is so trigger happy with possible fraudulent transactions they practically alert me every time I buy a pack of chewing gum! Yet Case never alerted me when a charge at a coffee shop posted for (get this) $150,153.79! That's some brew! I had to call Chase and convince them that I did not make the transaction—as if a transaction at a coffee shop in that amount could possibly be legit! For $150k I could have purchased the whole shop! Anyway, it took a super supervisor to take my call because of the high dollar amount. They're mailing me a dispute form to fill out and mail back, which will take days and meanwhile my card is useless because it's over the credit limit. "There's nothing we can do," the super supervisor says. This is a credit card I have a limited time to put $2,000 on to get bonus miles. I don't need any delays.
RNE, tempus fugit.
RNE, tempus fugit.