  AnonGuest
@qwest.net | reply to eah Re: Trouble Bubble LLC Collegeville?
I have the $24.99 Digital Age charge on my card on the same day. I closed the account and am disputing the charge. Has anyone else run into this charge? Other than this thread, I'm not getting any hits for information. |
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 schrempf
join:2001-01-09 West Chester, PA
| Similar story here. Haven't used card in awhile except recently for an Amazon purchase.
$9.95 charge to JM BUSINESS PRODUCTS on 9/18/05 (posted 9/20/05) $24.99 charge to Digital Age on 9/19/05 (posted 9/21/05)
Cancelled card and reported the fraud. I know that the charges weren't made by me since I hardly ever use the card. |
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  FraudVictim
| reply to AnonGuest I rec'd charge from Digital Age for $24.99 on 9/23
A charge of $24.99 appeared on my Capital One account as of 9/23 with an incomplete 888 number and a Cyprus location. When I called Capital One, they said they would only treat it as a disputed charge. They then told me I couldn't talk to anyone until tomorrow morning. When I told them that this isn't a disputed charge but raud, they said that it didn't matter, this is how they handle such matters. Unbelievable! |
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  FraudVictim
| reply to AnonGuest A charge of $24.99 appeared on my Capital One account as of 9/23 with an incomplete 888 number and a Cyprus location. When I called Capital One, they said they would only treat it as a disputed charge. They then told me I couldn't talk to anyone until tomorrow morning. When I told them that this isn't a disputed charge but fraud, they said that it didn't matter, this is how they handle such matters. Unbelievable! |
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 sproket90
join:2004-09-16 Dayton, OH | reply to FraudVictim Re: I rec'd charge from Digital Age for $24.99 on
i have the same charge this month and also one from KC SOFTWARECOM LLC for 9.95. i am getting a new card... |
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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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  Thikone
@suz.com | Re: I got the same charges ....
Same thing happened to me through my BoF debit card. File a fraud complaint and you should get your money back pretty quickly. |
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 cligzzzman
join:2005-09-27 Mississauga, ON | reply to Dan Bran Re: I rec'd charge from Digital Age for $24.99 on
I had the same problem on my credit card:
DIGITAL AGE 888-529-98 CYPRUS SWE US $24.99
But I never made a purchase to Sweden!
I called my Canadian Tire card, my credit company, to see what they could do and I'll let you know. |
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  wozster Premium join:2000-10-21 Lenexa, KS
| reply to MGD Re: I got the same changes ....
Also see: WWW.BURDETTINC.COM |
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 MGD Premium,MVM join:2002-07-31 Fort Lauderdale, FL
| said by wozster :Also see: WWW.BURDETTINC.COM Ohhh, what a surprise:
Domain name: burdettinc.com
Registrant Contact: Burdindustr Inc Gregory Koroll (burdindustr[AT]yahoo.com) +1.3204512538 Fax: none 70 Laurel St Orrtanna, 354215 EC Name Servers: ns1.ev1servers.net ns2.ev1servers.net
Pinging www.burdettinc.com [66.98.207.188]: WHOIS results for 66.98.207.188 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
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 MGD Premium,MVM join:2002-07-31 Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to Kip patterson said by Kip patterson :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? Piker!! LOL I did say it was a "small" sample 
It's hard to separate the fake ones in searches because they copy so much, that they can then hide in the forest!!. It does appear that most are written by people whose native language is not English.
Many are set up as front operations to get a merchant online billing account for credit card fraud. They are not really selling any "templates", all the ones that I listed have invalid security certificates. It is now a huge industry scamming millions of dollars. Every criminal and their brother are doing it. For less than $100 they can register a domain, get web hosting and a merchant account. At the current rate of credit card data thefts, there must be ~70 mil. accounts out there. I am sure the going rate for the data has dropped considerably.
They can have access to the funds within 48hrs. of submitting the charge. The odds of getting busted are between slim and none. Do a search on devbill, reports of credit card fraud from them are well over a year old. As multiple reports of the scam become puplic, they just roll the site over, and another one comes up. Here is a web archive of the now defunct usoftwebsys.com one of last years widely reported template scams, same layout, same wording as the current crop: »web.archive.org/web/200409251743···sys.com/ You can assume that many thousands of individuals are getting billed on each of those names.
Kubus just asked above about Pluto, I guess from the Digital Age Cyprus connection. No law enforcement action has been reported yet from that story months ago, which was motivated by BBR posters: »www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7150531
The other noteworthy scam with connections to Cyprus was PharmacyCards.com: »www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4534338/ Even when the authorities became aware of it, all they were able to do is take civil action to freeze whatever funds were left in the US, as the criminals were in the UK: »www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5077470/
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  ewjl
@comcast.net | reply to sproket90 Re: I rec'd charge from Digital Age for $24.99 on
My Citibank MasterCard showed a $24.99 charge DIGITAL AGE 888-529-98 CYPRUS SWE on 09/24/05 |
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 carmen99
join:2005-09-28 Minneapolis, MN
| I too logged on to WellsFargo online this morning and saw a Digital Age charge of 24.99. Quickly called WellsFargo (at the same time Googled and found this link.)
They will "Investigate" and if they can retrieve the money will credit my account. I said, this is a fraud, I doubt if you will retrieve the money.
Update later. |
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 MGD Premium,MVM join:2002-07-31 Fort Lauderdale, FL
| said by carmen99 :..They will "Investigate" and if they can retrieve the money will credit my account. I said, this is a fraud, I doubt if you will retrieve the money. Update later. Woohaa, who ever you spoke with is not fully versed in the law yet!!. There is no "IF", you dispute the charge and they investigate. When the fraud is confirmed the charge must be removed regardless of whether they can get the money back or not. In the interim you are not required to pay the disputed amount, and no interest or penalties can accrue. Just remember to preserve your rights, you must follow up and notify them in writing.
MGD |
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  Mordy Comfortably Numb Premium,MVM,ExMod 2004-07 join:2001-12-02 Denver, CO
edit: September 28th, @12:55PM
| said by MGD :Woohaa, who ever you spoke with is not fully versed in the law yet!!. It depends. If the charge was on a bank issued debit card, there might not be fraud protection. Many banks do offer fraud protection for debit cards, but it is not legal requirement to do so. VISA is offering fraud protection for their labelled debit cards, but I'm not up on the process to dispute a charge on a debit card - it may not be the same process as it is for credit cards, and there may be more hoops to jump through. -- Give generously to the Red Cross Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund |
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  Staci
@mi.charter
| reply to AnonGuest DIGITAl AGE 24.99 charge
i've gotten the digital age 24.99 charge as well! i called my bank about it and they said it was some sort of a computer company or something and that they couldn't get the phone number of this business, but will refund my money i guess... it's very weird that many people have run into this mystery charge. places i have ordered from recently using this card include: newegg.com & c-stuff.com, blockbuster.com, & napster.com. i have also used paypal to pay for an item on ebay.i've also paid for items online for my college (michigan tech, houghton, mi) does anyone else have any one of these things in common w/ me?  |
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