EGeezer
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join:2002-08-04
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| reply to thongsai
THONGSAI, please read -
be sure you contact your credit card company immediately and let them know that your account has been compromised.
Here's why;
In the article, it said the user was asked for the last six digits of the credit card number.
The scam is this; On many store and gas station receipts, all but the last four digits of the card number are on the slip and are visible in the transaction reports that store personnel can see. card number skimmers buy these from willing clerks who get a few dollars apiece for the incomplete information. This is then used by scammers when they request a user's information and "only" ask for the last four, five or six digits. They match the name and incomplete information from the purchased data with the incomplete information the victim provides in the scam. Voila, complete credit card information.
This month it's $9.95 and you noticed. Many people won't notice. If not, a few months later, the really big stuff gets charged. (Charging a couple bucks as a test is another piece of the scam).
Also please file with the FTC. Link at »www.consumer.gov/idtheft/ - follow the instructions.
Also file with the IFCC - link at »www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp
ID theft typically costs around $1400 in legal fees hiring a lawyer or accountant to straighten out the mess and several hundred hours of dealing with creditors bank, credit rating companies and so on. Not to mention your credit rating determines your car insurance rates!
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klimax
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join:2001-06-13
Flushing, NY
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| reply to thongsai
Re: $9.95 scam.. check your bank statements.
Not sure if it's related at all, but after reading this post I decided to check my cc accounts and to my surprise, found two charges from a store named "Safron" (Retail - Food) that I didn't recognize at all.
8/10 $19.95
8/13 $100.00
Of course I called the cc company to notify this, and the rep told me that it seems to be a phone/online order from an out-of-country store (Country code: AE) and that there aren't any further information about this store. This is a card I mostly use for gas. Coincidence?
I requested to have them close this account immediately and issue a new one, and also a further investigation regarding these transactions. And to think I always thought I was careful and safe... this is a first!
Thanks to OP for the reminder. |
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vrette
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join:2000-07-22
Lombard, IL
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| reply to thongsai
I had this happen on my MC in June. A $9.95 charge showed up on my credit card on 6/04/04 from e-zsoft.com in Danbury CT. I went to their web site and found the same goofy web template offering that I had obviously never purchased. I emailed their customer service about the charge, and I received a prompt response that it was a mistake and they would refund my money. I then received a $9.95 credit on 06/09/04. I just checked, and e-zsoft.com doesn't seem to exist anymore, but if I run a whois I get the same ProtectFly.com. I haven't had any questionable charges since then, so I never gave it another thought. Now I'm wondering if I should contact the bank or not.
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Dave3334
@hp.com
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pansalcorp.com is still charging credit cards for 9.95 as of 8/6/04. I've only had this card for a few months, so I'll have to go back through my charges to see if I can tell where it was obtained. I think I'll sign up for a Citi card or MBNA card as mentioned above and start using virtual CC#'s -- this is the second time this has happened to me.
BTW, the pansalcorp.com web site is no longer up. |
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Dejavu
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join:2002-09-11
Ishpeming, MI
| reply to thongsai
I also had the ez-soft charge on my card for $9.95. I immediately called and cancelled that credit card and filed a fraudalant charge case with them.
I should get credit on it I hope.
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Dan Given
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join:2001-03-16
Tustin, CA
clubs: | reply to thongsai
This is troubling! I will immediately scrutinize my statements, and a big THANKS for the heads-up!!
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forgottologin
@speakeasy.n | ez-soft and uwebsyswhatever are both hosted by devbill hosting inc, according to ripoffs.com and computer cops they have a history of running scams. |
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vrette
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join:2000-07-22
Lombard, IL
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| reply to thongsai
I ended up cancelling my card yesterday, and received a new one today. I don't use this particular card too much, so its no big hassle. But since I use this card so infrequently, it makes me wonder how they got the number in the first place. I'm using virtual numbers from now on since this is the second (and different) card I've had compromised in less than 6 months.
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bt06437
join:2001-12-03
Carrollton, TX
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|  "But since I use this card so infrequently, it makes me wonder how they got the number in the first place. "
They can hack into web sites & get card info. Be sure you are using a paper shreader on your statements. In some cases, mail has been stolen out of mailboxes...checks get washed & rewritten, credit card info is obtained. Start using electronic bill pay & save on stamps and cut the risk of mail thieft. Many banks now offer free internet bill pay services. The best advice I've seen in this thread is the use of a "virtual" credit card, (Citibank, or MBNA). You specify the dollar amount limit, and the length of time that a specific transaction is good for. |
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vrette
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join:2000-07-22
Lombard, IL
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| I do all of that, yet they still got the number. I even make sure to specify (when given the option) that e-commerce sites don't keep the card number on file. The only way they could have gotten the number would be something outside my control, like hacking a web server, generating random numbers or getting the numbers from an inside source.
BTW, my other card number was stolen from a hacked web server.
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another victim
@169.237.x.x
| reply to thongsai
Well, good news for all 9.95 victims of Eadens.net or any of his related sites or companies. I reverse lookup'ed the Eadens.net domain with whois, resolved it to the registrar (enom.com) who gladly provided me the personal information of the owner. The site was obviously bogus with a fake certificate hiding under a button that was going to ask for personal information. I reported these sites to Enom and another internet security agency and shortly thereafter all of these sites were pulled. BTW: The culprit is a guy named Dieter Stibitz in Ruesselsheim, as opposed to the bogus 9.95 charge that sourced out of KY, USA. |
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rangerlg9
join:2000-11-20
Houston, TX | reply to thongsai
I just checked my CC today 8/29 and I see a pending charge from USOFTWEBSYS. I don't see anything else as of yet. This is my checkcard and it says this is a checkcard charge. |
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gsglassm
join:2001-04-20
Merrimack, NH
| reply to thongsai
I just opened my Bank of America statement and got a charge of $9.95 from Pansalcorp.com as well. Dated 8/12 so there still at it.
My question is I have never even used this card!!!! It is just for emergencies. So go figure on that one. Someone must be giving out CC info at Bank of America.
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Cybertoad
join:2001-11-08
Houston, TX
3 edits | reply to NetFixer
said by NetFixer  :
I noticed that you use PayPal to receive payment for a product you sell. That may be the source of your security leak, their reputation for keeping customer information secure is at best questionable.
On the contrary, we use Paypal at our company specifically
because of their extremely extensive security which goes
way above and beyond what you find at most actual real
banks and credit card companies and we have first hand
experience with Paypal for many years now.
In almost every single case of some security problem
involving Paypal, further investigation reveals that the
problem has nothing to do with Paypal whatsoever.
Most of the cases are people being tricked by hackers
pretending to be Paypal or people using very weak and
easily guessable passwords. I have never seen a
security problem at Paypal that actually originated
within Paypal despite the misleading media coverage
to the contrary who seems to have a nasty habit of
reporting first and collecting facts later.
It goes without saying that a password on any site
involving banking or finances in any form or fashion
should have an extremely difficult password and you
should not use the same password on more than one site.
The second piece of advice is that you should NEVER ever
respond to any kind of email message asking you for
personal or account information. If you get such a
message, you should first contact your account provider
and verify that they did indeed send you such a message.
You'll find in nearly every case that such a message is fake! |
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mizzle
@ftth.swbr
| reply to gsglassm
I got a $9.95 charge on 8/15/04 from USOFTWEBSYS
The phone number on the statement, 440 378 5649, does not inspire my confidence that it is a legitimate company. It's just a voice mail box with no company name whatsoever, the only identifying information is the mailbox number, which happens to be the phone number.
This is a low-limit card used occasionally online and sometimes at retail outlets.
Currently, the only result on various search engines for "USOFTWEBSYS" is this thread. I tried searches on "u soft" "web systems" and got some foreign results. I'll try to do some machine translations where possible to find a company by the name of Usoft or U-Soft.
If you have a charge from USOFTWEBSYS or any other 9.95 charge that you think is fraud, please post somewhere it'll be indexed by a search engine. I have a feeling that it will be hard to get conclusive results from each of our credit card companies, but if we organize and share information, we may be able to find something. |
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Lionwes
@honeywell.com
|  reply to thongsai
I've got $9.95 charge to my Visa just few days ago and someone was trying to brake to my PayPal account at the same day so they froze it. The charge was from www.USOFTWEBSYS.com OH, never heard of them before but the web site exists and they sell "WEB templates" for 9.95 ea, hmmm... Called my Bank to dispute the charge but will cancel my card since this account has been compromised. You should cancel your card too, as the bustards will wait to hit you big time later. |
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caveman2
@bellsouth.ne
|  reply to rangerlg9
I just saw a $9.95 charge from USOFTWEBSYS on my online bank statement. I called the bank immediately and cancelled that card and am being sent a new one. After that I ran my McAfee scan and found 2 trojans. THAT may be the culprits weapon... not sure. But all searches of USOFTWEBSYS on google only returned this forum! Thanks for the info! Ohh.. there was a phone number on the charge, but I only got an automated answering service.. I did not leave a message. Hopefully the bank will find fraud and try and stop this from happening to others... and put a few a%*holes in jail! |
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dizzyfaust9
join:2002-12-28
Glendale, CA | www.usyswebsys.com is the site, and its templates. also check out ripoffs.com for more info.
dont just contact your cc, also fill out a report at the Internet Fraud Complaint Center www.ifccfbi.gov
good luck |
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duped2
| reply to mizzle
I was just checking my MBNA account stats and found the Usoftwebsys charge of $9.95 also. I knew it wasn't something I charged because I keep personal, written documentation of every charge I make to my card separately from my statement. It was NOT something I had charged. It was dated 08/12/04 (transaction date). I tried to call my CC company, but today is Labor Day and they are not available. I will call to dispute this charge tomorrow.
I'm just wondering if I need to cancel this card and get them to re-issue. Guess I'll discuss that with the rep. tomorrow on the phone. |
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claudeo
join:2000-02-23
Redmond, WA
| reply to dizzyfaust9
ripoffs.com
said by dizzyfaust9 :
... also check out ripoffs.com for more info.
ripoffs.com? Is that a tainted site? At first glance, looks harmless. |
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