juniper53
@ma.charter
| reply to Spectral
Re: Trouble Bubble LLC Collegeville?
I just checked my MBNA visa statement and there were 2 fraudulent charges - Digital Age $24.95, and a couple of days earlier Generex Technology $9.95. When I called MBNA I reported it a fraud, not as a disputed charge. They dealt with it immediately and cancelled my card. Don't report this as a disputed charge - it's fraud and you need to let them know up front you have fraudulent charges on your acocunt.
Thanks to this thread! My efforts to search this came up empty on Digital Age until I hit this board. Otherwise I wouldn't have known it was a common problem. Generex Technolgy sells cell phone games etc.
Thanks everyone!
juniper |
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Park1
@comcast.net | I also had a charge by Digital Age on 9/21/05. Thanks to this thread, I also will be reporting the charge as fraudulent and having my credit card canceled.
Thanks. |
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MGD
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to juniper53
said by juniper53 :
I just checked my MBNA visa statement and there were 2 fraudulent charges - Digital Age $24.95, and a couple of days earlier Generex Technology $9.95. ........Generex Technolgy sells cell phone games etc.
Thanks everyone!
juniper
You didn't mention if a phone number was listed with the Generex Technolgy $9.95 charge. There is a generextech.com website that lists cellphone games:
Domain name: generextech.com
Registrant Contact:
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Jason Hilbert (jashilbert[AT]consultant.com)
+1.6145590566
Fax: -
2312 Far Hills Ave
Dayton, OH 45419
US
That address is a Mail Boxes Etc. drop box. The domain was registered thru, and hosted by Jaguar Technologies LLC.
The phone number above matches the support number on the website: »www.generextech.com/contacts.php
In addition GENEREX TECHNOLOGY, LLC registered with the State of Ohio in May 05: »serform.sos.state.oh.us/pls/port···=1541930
and was registered by a Wambwene L Wamba with an address in West Chester, OH.
As a follow up, »www.TROUBLE-BUBBLE.com is now dead:
DNS Lookup: www.TROUBLE-BUBBLE.com A record
Searching for www.TROUBLE-BUBBLE.com A record at l.root-servers.net [198.32.64.12]: Got referral to L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
Searching for www.TROUBLE-BUBBLE.com A record at L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET. [192.41.162.30]: Reports that no A records exist.
Answer:
No A records exist for www.TROUBLE-BUBBLE.com. [Neg TTL=172800 seconds]
MGD |
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gilahacker
join:2002-09-14
Phoenix, AZ
|  reply to Spectral
fraudulent charges from "digital age"
I had a charge on 9/22/05 from "INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE-Computer Maint & Repair" showing a phone number of "1-610-579-9414" which goes to a full voicemail box.
I had a second charge on 9/26/05 from "DIGITAL AGE 888-529-98 CYPRUS SE" (you'll notice the last two digits of the phone number are missing).
To try to find a common denominator, here is some info about me:
-I live in Mesa, Arizona
-I bank with desert schools federal credit union
-I have a visa/debit card with the above bank
-I have a paypal account that is tied to this bank account
-I have used this card for payment on amazon.com, pcmicrostore.com, buy.com, and newegg.com, and probably a handfull of other sites.
-I use this card to pay my bills online for Sprint (which I cancelled a few months ago), Cingular (cell phone service) and the following credit cards: Sears, Dillards, Chevron-texaco, Target, and Kohls
-I recently applied for, and was approved for, credit with Dell, but have not bought anything or made any payments to them
I've also used this card at numerous gas stations, restaurants, and retail stores... which makes it almost impossible for me to tell when/where my card was comprimised.
I have a feeling that this isn't a case of someone writing down our card numbers at a store though. Some more information from people who have been hit that haven't hardly used their card at all would be more worthwile.
Everyone PLEASE file a complaint at »www.ifccfbi.gov and hopefully they will catch the bastard(s) doing this to us.
-Jason Lynch |
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Anahata
| reply to Spectral
Re: Trouble Bubble LLC Collegeville?
I just received a charge from Digital Age for $24.99 as well on 9/26 and called to dispute it will my bank Wells Fargo. I found this forum by searching for Digital Age Cyprus. I would like to know if anyone has had any success with getting this charge dismissed? And if so found the origin? I do have a Paypal account, could it be that? |
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kelle
@verizon.n
| Hi All,
- Why is this relatively obscure forum the only place with information about this?!? Thank goodness for Google!
- I'm also curious about how our card numbers were obtained but I have nothing special in common with the things listed so far...I do have an eBay account, but it's not associated with the card that got charged. (Of course, I do use my card frequently for online purchases, but all reputable big name places and way too many to list here.)
- I have decided not to cancel my card. It's easier for me to dispute a couple small charges than to change all my auto-bill settings. Anybody have any opinions about this decision? |
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kelle
@verizon.n | sorry, I meant I have a _PayPal_ account (not eBay), but it's not associated with this credit card. I'll finish drinking my coffee now... |
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Victim 999
@comcast.net | reply to Spectral
I also received a @24.99 charge from "DIGITAL AGE 888-529-98 CYPRUS". The CC acct charged is also the one associated with my Paypal account... |
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nordicnine
join:2003-09-30
Glencoe, MN
| Same here. Just charged yesterday (9/26).
It's also associated with a PayPal acct.
I imagine most people on this board have PayPal though, so I'm not sure if that's it.
I use it for everything though, so if it's not related to PayPal, I have no idea what it would be.
Just calling my bank to report it as fraud right now.:o |
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nordicnine
join:2003-09-30
Glencoe, MN | reply to kelle
PS- I'm not sure if I want to keep this card.
I imagine if they have it, someone else might to.
It might be sold all over the place eventually.
I don't think I'm going to risk it.
I'll probably just get a new card. |
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synnyster
join:2005-09-27
Austin, TX
| I also have a pending charge from digital age for $24.99 on my visa debit/checkcard. I don't even use this card for online purchases. I only use it to make small local purchases at the grocery store/target/walmart etc... I have no idea how my card was compromised. I talked to Bank of America and they said I cannot do anything till the charges posts. Anyone else have similar circumstances like me? |
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MGD
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to nordicnine
said by nordicnine  :PS- I'm not sure if I want to keep this card.......... Please, it is vital that you cancel and replace your card immediately. These criminals have your account details. Some banks may be reluctant to cancel it, as they may think it is a billing error from a legit company. You must insist on replacing it, and inform them that it is a criminal fraud with thousands of victims. Please, also file a report at ifccfbi.gov
MGD |
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ravqbl
@acelerate.net
| reply to Spectral
Digital age
Thank goodness for Google!!
I had a charge of $24.99 on my debit card through Wells Fargo on Sept 26, 2005. It is a card that I use to buy most things, and I have things in common with others on the board. Have submitted it to the IFCC.
Thanks everyone for posting |
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MGD
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to kelle
Re: Trouble Bubble LLC Collegeville?
said by kelle :
Hi All,
- Why is this relatively obscure forum the only place with information about this?!? Thank goodness for Google! I have found that this scambusters forum is an "early warning system" for scams. This thread is a clear example of that, the first post was from someone who was monitoring their account online in real time, and as I had predicted earlier, many more victims would follow.
- I have decided not to cancel my card. It's easier for me to dispute a couple small charges than to change all my auto-bill settings. Anybody have any opinions about this decision?
Yes I sure do, do not be misguided by the small amount of the charge. Your card will be hit again repeatedly over time. You need to also accept that your full account details are known, which besides the 16 digit account number, includes you first and last name, complete mailing address, 3 digit security code (cvv2) and the name of the issuing bank.
Based on my scam hunting experience, that data is now kept in non secure locations and is available, and the longer the valid card data sits there, the more potential exists for further fraud. Combine that open info with your social security number and the possibilities are endless.
Though it is a real pain to change your card, if you saw the data that I have ran across, you would do so immediately. While cancelling your card will not bring back the other data, it does mitigate the future options.
I do hope that you reconsider.
MGD |
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MGD
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to gilahacker
Re: fraudulent charges from "digital age"
said by gilahacker :I had a charge on 9/22/05 from "INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE-Computer Maint & Repair" showing a phone number of "1-610-579-9414" which goes to a full voicemail box........ -Jason Lynch INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE is »www.insofttech.com and no surprise, operates under the devbill.com umbrella and use their DNS server. The devbill.com family of sites which includes insofttech/Kcsoftllc/trouble-bubble/ and the DNS servers are all hosted by:
OrgName: Everyones Internet, Inc.
OrgID: EVRY
Address: 390 Benmar
Address: Suite 200
City: Houston
StateProv: TX
PostalCode: 77060
Country: US
NetRange: 66.98.128.0 - 66.98.255.255
CIDR: 66.98.128.0/17
NetName: EVRY-BLK-14
NetHandle: NET-66-98-128-0-1
Parent: NET-66-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.EV1.NET
NameServer: NS2.EV1.NET
Comment:
RegDate: 2003-07-02
Updated: 2004-02-06
TechHandle: RW172-ARIN
TechName: Williams, Randy
TechPhone: +1-713-579-2850
TechEmail: admin[AT]ev1.net
OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE477-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: ABUSE
OrgAbusePhone: +1-713-579-2850
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse[AT]ev1.net
It is clear that this entire devbill operation should have been removed from Everyones Internet, Inc. a long time ago.
MGD |
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fraud vic
| reply to FraudVictim
Re: I rec'd charge from Digital Age for $24.99 on 9/23
had the same 24.99 charge here in Little Rock. had to call my bank on the 26th |
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uniteduser
@comcast.net
| I got the same changes ....
from Digital Age 888-529-98 and ART MAGIC INC.COM
funny thing is that my CC is hesitant to issue a new CC to me, instead they are issuing credits for the charges and asked me to wait until there were more charges. they claim that these might just be legitimate merchants who mistakenly charged my CC. yeah right |
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Dan Bran
@covad.net
| reply to FraudVictim
Re: I rec'd charge from Digital Age for $24.99 on
I also got a charge on my Visa card through Mission Federal Credit Union. They are canceling and re-issue a new card, but I have to go in to a branch to fill out paperwork to claim the fraud. (I guess they figure if the dollar amount isn't very high a customer won't bother spending two hours in the middle of a work day to fill out paperwork - then they don't have to pay the 24.99)
My Details
9/19/05 Purchase Credit Card DIGITAL AGE 888-529-98 CYPRUS SE Date 09/16/05
You would think the incomplete phone number would be a dead giveaway - I guess someone figured out a loophole that allows them to charge without a complete phone number |
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MGD
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to uniteduser
Re: I got the same changes ....
Kcssoftllc | 
AbsoluteSoft | 
Devbill | 
Artmagicinc | 
Insofttech |
said by uniteduser :
from Digital Age 888-529-98 and ART MAGIC INC.COM
funny thing is that my CC is hesitant to issue a new CC to me, instead they are issuing credits for the charges and asked me to wait until there were more charges. they claim that these might just be legitimate merchants who mistakenly charged my CC. yeah right
Maybe they don't get the big picture !!
Above is just a small sample of it!!
MGD |
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Kip patterson
Premium
join:2000-10-23
Columbus, OH | Gee, you're a piker. Only 5?
"get rarest design" produces 847 hits. The site design varies, but they all seem to be the same outfit (or maybe somebody stole their code).
I wonder what the sites do? Malware, keyboard loggers? |
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