Originally Posted by chx1975

Also, those charges, i dunno, do you have a rogue family member maybe ?

Originally Posted by rgc6789

pwrdwnsys_*immed, I happened across your forum post by accident. I am one of the website developers for c28.com.

I do believe that the charges were a coincidence - though you should change your card asap. Most frauds that we deal with are fraudsters who have gotten credit card numbers some how and are trying to verify whether the cards are valid. They will make small purchases with websites like netflix, us, and others. If they receive validation of the card, they will usually resell the card number.

There are a few ways of getting credit card numbers. One way common way is to get a number from a particular bank and then, using a script and an algorythm, try other combinations. Once you have one card number from a bank, you can use an algorythm to calculate each successive valid card number, and using website shopping carts, you can then try expiration dates with each number until you get one that processes.

We do try to do what we can to reduce these issues and our customer service department will cancel orders as soon as we find out about them.

I'm sorry it took so long to answer your question and if you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Originally Posted by whitearrow

Actually, all they could do is buy books on that one Kindle, until you deregister the device from any computer. At which point Amazon would probably refund you for any books purchased, as they have done so in the past.

Originally Posted by wiredboy10003

Yeah, like maybe thousands of dollars worth! What if you didn't realize you had lost your Kindle, and you had it linked to a debit card? Try getting the bank to reverse a hundred overdraft charges.

Originally Posted by whitearrow

But hey, if having to enter an annoying password every time you want to read works for you, then go for it. That's why they offer the option.