Originally Posted by ceebee100
(Post 27937293)
Loss prevention has closed your account for good and refuse to even consider reopening it. Maybe someone else has an idea that may help you.
You could consider going above loss prevention to the top and seeing what the bosses can do about it. |
Originally Posted by ceebee100
(Post 27937293)
Sorry about your loss of points, but the first question that you will be asked by others is why did it take you almost 6 weeks to contact them after you received an email notification that your email address has been changed knowing that you did not make such a change? If you had immediately contacted them and said that you didn't make the change, things would probably have worked out much better for you in the end.
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New member, no location shown, strange and pretty implausible story.
Let me run it thru www.snopes.com! |
Originally Posted by ceebee100
(Post 27937293)
Sorry about your loss of points, but the first question that you will be asked by others is why did it take you almost 6 weeks to contact them after you received an email notification that your email address has been changed knowing that you did not make such a change? If you had immediately contacted them and said that you didn't make the change, things would probably have worked out much better for you in the end.
As it stands now, I don't see any other recourse for you. Loss prevention has closed your account for good and refuse to even consider reopening it. Maybe someone else has an idea that may help you. |
Originally Posted by ceebee100
(Post 27937293)
Sorry about your loss of points, but the first question that you will be asked by others is why did it take you almost 6 weeks to contact them after you received an email notification that your email address has been changed knowing that you did not make such a change? If you had immediately contacted them and said that you didn't make the change, things would probably have worked out much better for you in the end.
As it stands now, I don't see any other recourse for you. Loss prevention has closed your account for good and refuse to even consider reopening it. Maybe someone else has an idea that may help you. I didn't found out about the email until I found an email notification in December. It wasn't that I discovered the email in October and did nothing about for 6 weeks. Lost Prevention should have all the logs and activities of the account. Couldn't the Lost Prevention look at the activity and make a reasonable judgment that the account was hacked?
Originally Posted by ozstamps
(Post 27937828)
New member, no location shown, strange and pretty implausible story.
Let me run it thru www.snopes.com! |
Originally Posted by jcao
(Post 27941314)
Lost Prevention should have all the logs and activities of the account. Couldn't the Lost Prevention look at the activity and make a reasonable judgment that the account was hacked? You also don't mention whether you are a long-time member with lots of stays over the years, or whether you only accumulated points through recent credit card churning and didn't even get around to spending the points on yourself. All of these things help paint a picture of whether you are a regular guest who just got hacked, or whether you are somebody who Honors doesn't mind having as an ex-member. And, for what it's worth, Flyertalk tends to be much more sympathetic towards frequent, long-time posters as opposed to people whose first post is a complaint against a company. There are dozens of sign-ups whose first and only post is to rant about something. |
Originally Posted by jcao
(Post 27941314)
I didn't found out about the email until I found an email notification in December. It wasn't that I discovered the email in October and did nothing about for 6 weeks.
Lost Prevention should have all the logs and activities of the account. Couldn't the Lost Prevention look at the activity and make a reasonable judgment that the account was hacked? If you didn't log in for several weeks, yet the other person logged in several times from the same system/phone/IP address, it would make it appear that YOUR login was the one that is unusual, and you could be the hacker! |
HHonors Account Hacked and Miles Stolen
Woke up this morning to an email that I had transferred all but 9,000 of my points to someone else's HHonors account. They must have gotten my username / password somehow. I am pretty on the ball when it comes to online security so I'm a bit concerned. Diamond desk rep said it would take 7-10 business days to get the points back. :confused:
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Originally Posted by nedyah700
(Post 28489241)
Woke up this morning to an email that I had transferred all but 9,000 of my points to someone else's HHonors account. They must have gotten my username / password somehow. I am pretty on the ball when it comes to online security so I'm a bit concerned. Diamond desk rep said it would take 7-10 business days to get the points back. :confused:
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Originally Posted by ozstamps
(Post 27937828)
New member, no location shown, strange and pretty implausible story.
Let me run it thru www.snopes.com! Bob H |
Hacked - points withdrawn
I am so frustrated. Knew you guys would understand. Over 100k points withdrawn in three transactions in one day. They changed my email and phone number under profile. I now have a case number, but they won't have any answers for several days. I discovered it when I logged in to book a stay at the beach.
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Sorry to hear about your experience, particularly with an expectation to book. :(
One point to consider to minimize the chances of this happening again is to ensure the machines you use to log into your account have up to date internet security suites (typically anti-virus plus anti-malware plus extras). In addition, also consider the "strength" of your password - is it something that is fairly easy to figure out from the perspective of a hacker with bad intentions? Finally, always be wary of someone trying to trick you into giving up your credentials by spoofing a fake Hilton email or website. |
Originally Posted by fscher
(Post 28493484)
I am so frustrated. Knew you guys would understand. Over 100k points withdrawn in three transactions in one day. They changed my email and phone number under profile. I now have a case number, but they won't have any answers for several days. I discovered it when I logged in to book a stay at the beach.
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Woke up yesterday morning to find a message that my HHonors email was changed at 2AM. Logged in to my account and, surely enough, my points balance decreased by 233,000 but no new activities were listed yet. Called customer service and they opened up 2 tickets (apparently there were 2 separate points.com transfers). I was told that someone will get in touch with me within 2-3 days. We'll see what happens.
It's strange that my password has not been changed and not all available points have been transferred out. I am wondering if this might be an inside job. |
Originally Posted by Kpoxa
(Post 28537796)
Woke up yesterday morning to find a message that my HHonors email was changed at 2AM. Logged in to my account and, surely enough, my points balance decreased by 233,000 but no new activities were listed yet. Called customer service and they opened up 2 tickets (apparently there were 2 separate points.com transfers). I was told that someone will get in touch with me within 2-3 days. We'll see what happens.
It's strange that my password has not been changed and not all available points have been transferred out. I am wondering if this might be an inside job. The bad guys are doing their happy dance at the prospect that soon Honors points will be able to be used for anything on amazon.com and there do not appear to be any plans to make security on Honors accounts any more robust. |
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