Credit card thieves...

cmitch · 03-21-2014, 04:38 PM

Back in '05, we were in Pigeon Forge Sevierville, TN. Was filling up with gas on first day. Inserted card. Display said, "Please see cashier". I went inside and they took my card, looked at it, tried to scan it and it told us to call 1-800-blah blah blah (VISA service center). We called and card had been compromised, locked down. Thankfully we had another card.

Then, 3 years later, VISA called my wife on her phone, identified themselves and gave her the last 4 digits of CC number. Asked for wife's last 4 digits of SS #. Then said that an attempted charge was made at a Department store we didn't recognize in Southern California. She asked if we was in California. Of course, we weren't and I think the lady had already figured it out since she seen a charge at Kangaroo gas just 20 minutes before in our hometown. They locked down the card, took off fraudulent charges and issued a seize and destroy on the woman still waiting like an idiot in California.

Then in 2010, we eat at a local Mexican restaurant. I used my CC and my sister in law used her debit card. Both cards were breached within 24 hours. Mine had hundreds of $$$ in charges to easyflowers.com in Australia!

The first 2 were data breaches and the last was a scan and swipe scam where a waiter/waitress in the restaurant has a swiper that transmits data to a guy sitting in a car with a laptop stealing info. We reported the restaurant when we figured out what was going on.

03-21-2014, 04:38 PM	#14
cmitch Heads up get down Join Date: Oct 2010 First Name: Clayton Location: NW Alabama by the river Posts: 2,720 Trading: (25)	Re: Credit card thieves... Back in '05, we were in Pigeon Forge Sevierville, TN. Was filling up with gas on first day. Inserted card. Display said, "Please see cashier". I went inside and they took my card, looked at it, tried to scan it and it told us to call 1-800-blah blah blah (VISA service center). We called and card had been compromised, locked down. Thankfully we had another card. Then, 3 years later, VISA called my wife on her phone, identified themselves and gave her the last 4 digits of CC number. Asked for wife's last 4 digits of SS #. Then said that an attempted charge was made at a Department store we didn't recognize in Southern California. She asked if we was in California. Of course, we weren't and I think the lady had already figured it out since she seen a charge at Kangaroo gas just 20 minutes before in our hometown. They locked down the card, took off fraudulent charges and issued a seize and destroy on the woman still waiting like an idiot in California. Then in 2010, we eat at a local Mexican restaurant. I used my CC and my sister in law used her debit card. Both cards were breached within 24 hours. Mine had hundreds of $$$ in charges to easyflowers.com in Australia! The first 2 were data breaches and the last was a scan and swipe scam where a waiter/waitress in the restaurant has a swiper that transmits data to a guy sitting in a car with a laptop stealing info. We reported the restaurant when we figured out what was going on. __________________ No matter what one's status is in society, cigars are the great equalizer where the affluent and common share a love for the leaf. - Me.