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MGDPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
kudos:9 | reply to MGD
Re: Ebook websites, fraud charges, Devbill/DigitalAge/PlutoFrom the post above where a victim reported a fraud charge from "Wabby's" in addition to the DAYETRAFFIC.COM AKA Daye Traffic LLC 402-408-6643:
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Rating: 0 Michael Varick in Orlando - 6 Jun 2008
Hello Fellow Victims: I just got hit for $4.95 on my Bank of America card from Daye Traffic. Not the first time; I was hit from a "Wabbys" on March 5, for SAME Amount.........
WABBYTRAFFIC.COM AKA Wabby's, LLC. 413-303-1965 »wabbytraffic.com
The LLC was apparently registered in Massachusetts by a Moshe M Sahler:
Wabby's, LLC
145 Holyoke ST
Easthampton, MA 01027-2414
Though the site is still up, the operation appears to have been shut down sometime in April, after a victim contacted their local news media. The report says that bank pulled the merchant account: »www.click2houston.com/investigat···ail.html
The voice mail message that they refer to in the above article, may have been a victim who hacked the Vonage mail box.
Five pages of victim fraud complaints on Whocallsme: »whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/4133031965
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Andrey - 15 Mar 2008
found the same thing today with my account!
got charged on 03/13/2008 for 4.95 from WABBY'S 413-303-1965 MA.
cancelled my card just a few minutes ago as this was the second unauthorized transaction for the last 6 month. The first one happened in October from EST COMPANY 866-347-0931 FL, got my money back just recently. I wonder if there is any connection between these two companies...
Caller ID: 413-303-1965
Caller: WABBY'S
Yes, EST COMPANY FL 866-347-0931 are the same criminals, one from the generic name toll free division.
Domain Name: WABBYTRAFFIC.COM
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
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Registration Service Provided By: Jaguar Technologies LLC
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wabbytraffic.com = IP 66.152.162.116
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Administrative Contact:
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George Chadwell (georgechadwell@yahoo.com)
+1.4257408509
Fax: -
5 South Hampshire Street
Easthampton, MA 01027
US
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Status: Locked
Name Servers:
ns1.hostdone.com
ns2.hostdone.com
Creation date: 17 Oct 2007 22:13:46
Expiration date: 17 Oct 2008 22:13:46
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| ea banks report fraudulent overseas withdrawals
At TCU, nearly 100 accounts affected; activity traced to Russia, Ukraine, Nigeria, other countries.
By TOM MOOR
Tribune Staff Writer
SOUTH BEND — At least dozens of area residents had money fraudulently withdrawn from their accounts over the weekend at locations overseas, local bank officials reported Monday.
At Teachers Credit Union, 97 members have been affected, said Paul Marsh, senior vice president for sales and marketing.
Marsh said the withdrawals — some of which have been for more than $1,000 — were all “pin-based transactions” made on debit cards at ATM machines in several countries, including Russia, Ukraine and Nigeria.
Marsh said he is not sure how the information is being obtained, but said all the withdrawals were made over the weekend.
“Right now we’re looking into how they’re doing it,” Marsh said. “We think some of them are happening when a merchant is involved at the point of sale. Somehow they’re collecting the information, and it could be a number of possibilities.” He said it was not the result of an internal breach.
Marsh is not sure if the number of people affected will increase but said reports “diminished throughout the day.” “We’re working with our members to take care of the situation,” he said.
Similar reports have been made at Notre Dame Federal Credit Union. At least 10 members there reported fraudulent withdrawals made since Saturday, said Deidre Davis, vice president of marketing and business development.
Davis said there’s been “some sort of data breach and fraudulent withdrawals” in Ukraine, Russia and Spain.
“It looks like they’re coming from debit and ATM cards, but we’re not exactly sure at this point,” she said.
“We’ve received enough calls to take a look at it,” Davis added. “We’ve blocked it so our cards cannot be used in these three countries right now. We’re taking a proactive stance so we don’t see anymore.”
At least three local people have also reported unauthorized withdrawals from their KeyBank accounts, although it is unclear if that bank has been affected by this particular fraud.
Meanwhile, Marsh said the amount of money being withdrawn from the TCU accounts varies.
In one of the police reports filed, a woman told police $106.82 had been withdrawn from her Visa debit card at a location in Novosivirsk, Russia. A local man told police $1,300 had been taken from his ATM card in the same Russian town. And another person had eight withdrawals on his card from the town, including four for $400 or more.
“Our detectives are being assigned to the cases and are working with the banks,” said Sgt. Bill Redman, a St. Joseph County police spokesman.
Staff writer Tom Moor: tmoor@sbtinfo.com (574) 235-6187
My bank was breached by a hacker or someone. Records were taken from the bank which then issued all customers new debit cards.
My bank is not included in the thefts listed above, which happened this weekend. | |
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said by MGD:From the post above where a victim reported a fraud charge from "Wabby's" in addition to the DAYETRAFFIC.COM AKA Daye Traffic LLC 402-408-6643 MGD Lump me in with this individual as well. I was hit by WABBYS on 3/7/2008, then a different card on the same account was hit 6/19/2008 by DAYE TRAFFIC. The weird part of this is...it was a different card number, but not a new one. My husband's card was hit by DAYE TRAFFIC, and my card was hit by WABBYS.
When WABBYS showed up we suspected it was from the credit card information that was stolen from the Sweetbay Grocery store chain. And they did not hit us just once for 4.95. We were hit multiple times in under a minute according to the bank. They stated it was just a mistake, and refused to file a fraud report. Even with evidence that WABBYS was fraudulent. This time they allowed us to file a fraud report for the DAYE TRAFFIC. We are also getting charged 9.95 for new cards. (Crappy bank)
Both cards were debit cards with the VISA logo. WABBYS was several charges of the same amount (4.95) and DAYE TRAFFIC was one charge (6.95).
I have an alert set up that goes to my cell phone to tell me of EVERY transaction that has taken place the moment it happens. I caught both transactions the moment they came through.
I have also sent this information to IC3, but local authorities will not take a report because of the amounts.  | |
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1 edit | said by HitTwice :
I have also sent this information to IC3, but local authorities will not take a report because of the amounts. Do you have a local TV station with a "Consumer Help Line" feature? If you do, get in touch with them and make the point that your bank (name it, too) is charging you to recover from fraud, and the local authorities refuse to even take a report. Point them to this thread that shows this is a long-standing criminal operation raking in millions, five dollars at a time. If they put the story on the air, you're quite likely to get some favorable results!
EDIT: corrected typo. | |
| I have sent this information to the local news consumer watches. I have not heard anything back from them, except one that asked if I was filing into that class action suit against Certegy and if my identity had been stolen from that. I told them I did not know of a class action lawsuit and that I was not part of the case. I heard nothing after that.
As for the class action suit against Certegy, I am not sure if I am going to enter it yet. Yes our information is with Certegy (due to a series of checks that were writen after my box of new checks was stolen from the mailbox) but I am not sure I agree with the lawsuit or not. | |
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