PolisR123
@cox.net | reply to uniteduser
Re: I got the same changes ....
i got the same exact things on My Bofa card i just found out i haven't called them yet ..ART MAGIC INC.com for 9.95 |
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MGD
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to J_Hut
said by J_Hut :....I think I'd get my money back, but I have to change my card which will cost me around $7.  You should get your money back, dispute the charge.
Why will it cost you to change the card???, it does cost the banks ~$35 to change them, but you shouldn't have to pay.
MGD |
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J_Hut
@cmu.edu | reply to amsnake
Yeah, I also got the same charge $7.95 from Hostitnow,Inc on my debit/VISA card. I think I'd get my money back, but I have to change my card which will cost me around $7. |
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Kip patterson
Premium
join:2000-10-23
Columbus, OH | reply to amsnake
How does an account password work? This is the first I've heard of one. |
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amsnake
join:2004-05-20
Louisville, KY
| reply to fanmanusa
I just got the EXACT same charge for $7.95 from Hostitnow, INC on my Circuit City Visa card. I googled the company's name only to come here to dslreports. Thank God other people had posted or I might have just paid it off. I talked to a lady from Visa and she agreed that the charge was false. I now have a password on my account and hopefully that will stop any future charges. |
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Slay33
@al.charter
| reply to AnonGuest
Re: Trouble Bubble LLC Collegeville?
I got a charge via my VISA debit account and I am disputing it. Big HASSLE! My credit union required a police report, notorized, a sworn statement from me, also notorized before they would issue a refund. This is what the DE-Frauders want, to charge you a small amount to 1,000's of accounts and make it where it is more trouble to get the money back than just cancel the card/account and start over again and forget about the ONE incident while they skate away with Millions! |
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another-one
@emhril.ameritech
| reply to cligzzzman
Re: I rec'd charge from Digital Age for $24.99 on
I also received the Digital Age charge for $24.99 on 9/29/05.
I'm printing out these pages and attaching to my "billing error" form.
The card was my PayPal Visa (Providian). Also made an online purchase with Tiger Direct recently, and mailed in all the receipts and everything for a rebate. |
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aspensulphate
@etczone.co
| reply to FraudVictim
Re: I rec'd phony charges...
Me too... $9.95 from AZ BUSINESS PRODUCTS, Calgary, CA on 8/13/05 and on a different card: $9.95 from ART MAGIC INC.COM, Victoria, CD on 9/6/05.
I called both card companies and disputed the charges. The first one I called, I mentioned that I believed that this was part of a large scam, and some of the stuff I've read here and elsewhere on the internet. The guy didn't seem too interested. Sounded like he just wanted to get to the next call. The second card company, the lady kept trying to get me to remember whether I authorized the charge or not. Didn't even bother to broach the scam aspect with her.
This stinks. And it's kind of scary. |
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angrygirl
@Dial1.Chic
| reply to Thikone
Re: I got the same charges ....
geez-I just got that digigial age 24.99 on my cap one visa/ had to talk to 3 people/ I told them does anyone there read the internet. Yes, I want it reported as fraud--and closed my acct---I told the rep widespread/ wake up out there---thankfully google got me here before my blood pressure shot up another 20 points. |
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twhiting9275
join:2002-08-30
Waterloo, IA
| reply to Mordy
Re: I rec'd charge from Digital Age for $24.99 on
I got hit by the same company. Thank god for google, been trying to get these guys looked up.
The charge appeared for $24.99, thankfully that charge went through to my paypal card, which never has any $$$ on it.
Anyone able to pull anything more for information, I'll gladly pass that on to paypal. Will file a fraud transaction with them now, as well.
I've never heard of these guys, not sure what the problme is, but I definitely didn't authorise a $24.99 charge from 'em.
-=T=- |
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fanmanusa
| reply to MGD
Re: I got the same changes ....
Hmmm... besides the digital age charge, there was a charge on my card for $7.95 to Hostitnow, Inc., of Staten Island, NY... a charge made at a time when I was miles deep in the woods on a backpacking trip. The bank gave me a phone #... which is nothing but an answering machine. Needless to say, I disputed that one, too.
I also found this:
quote:
One of the most widely publicised cases of credit card fraud occurred in the US, where a group of web-based companies made small, recurrent charges to hundreds of thousands of credit cards.
Although this fraud does have an e-commerce connection, experts don&'t believe the crooks obtained the card details on the Internet, but instead think they used software programs to generate valid credit card numbers out of thin air.
Since each charge only involved a small amount of money (US$20), banks processing the transactions didn't subject them to the full authorisation check that would have highlighted the fact that card numbers had been software-generated.
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ffequals66
@sprint-hsd.net
| reply to SHuddleston
Re: Trouble Bubble LLC Collegeville?
Forums rock! My CitiBank Visa was hit by JM Business Products in Calgary, Canada for $9.95 on 9/6/05. This card is not registered with PayPal (my Discover is), but I use it on Amazon and many other online stores, large and small.
Time to call CitiBank and see what they'll do about it. And maybe I should us my Discover more, which is very proactive about denying charges that don't fit my usage pattern.
Thanks again for allowing quick info sharing via anon posting. |
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SHuddleston
@rr.com | reply to AnonGuest
I have the same charge posted to my Bank of America Credit Card, DIGITAL AGE 888-529-98 on 9/25/2005 posting on 9/26/2005. I tried to deal with it but the bank's systems are currently down. I cancelled my card and will go from there. |
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MGD
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
1 edit | reply to uniteduser
Re: I got the same changes ....
said by uniteduser :
from Digital Age 888-529-98 and ART MAGIC INC.COM ............ In reviewing the ARTMAGICINC.COM registration, it looks like we need to add dewhosting.com to the Devbill group, as it is providing the dns for artmagic, all are hosted by EVI:
Domain name: ARTMAGICINC.COM
IP 207.44.159.159
Registrant Contact:
ART Inc.
Brian Brown (artmacenterprises[]yahoo.com)
+1.6156589297
Fax: none
17 Morgan Center Rd.
Mount Vernon, 718288
AQ
Name Servers:
ns1.dewhosting.com 207.44.158.20
ns2.dewhosting.com 207.44.158.20
Domain name: dewhosting.com
IP 207.44.158.20
Registrant Contact:
DEVHOST, INC
Alexey Korney (alexkorney[]yahoo.com)
+1.4136413191
Fax: none
812 Beverly St
New Orlean, 17728
AG
Name Servers:
ns1.ev1servers.net
ns2.ev1servers.net
Dewhosting has yet to set up a website: »www.dewhosting.com/manual/howto/
Also, when you go to the main »https://www.devbill.com it lists as web-logo-templates.com and directs you to them in the contacts. The web-logo registrant address and the devbill.com registrant address are both Mailnetwork.com »www.mailnetwork.com mail forwarding address drops.
Domain name: web-logo-templates.com
IP 66.98.206.27
Registrant Contact:
-
John Leister (weblogotemplates[]yahoo.com)
+1.2679607667
Fax: -
1424 W Price Road ----> See »www.mailnetwork.com/cgi-bin/city···rmlogin=
Brownsville, TX 78520
US
Domain name: devbill.com
IP 66.98.206.27
Registrant Contact:
Developer Billing Company
Ivan Maximov (ivanmaxximov[]yahoo.com)
(509) 352-7566
Fax: none
666 FIFTH AVE -----> See »www.mailnetwork.com/cgi-bin/city···rmlogin=
NEW YORK, 10103
MGD
Edit= fixed link |
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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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Mordy
Comfortably Numb
Premium,MVM,ExMod 2004-07
join:2001-12-02
Denver, CO
 ·Comcast Formerly ..
1 edit | reply to MGD
Re: I rec'd charge from Digital Age for $24.99 on
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.
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Give generously to the Red Cross Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund |
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MGD
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to carmen99
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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carmen99
join:2005-09-28
Minneapolis, MN
| reply to ewjl
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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ewjl
@comcast.net | reply to sproket90
My Citibank MasterCard showed a $24.99 charge DIGITAL AGE 888-529-98 CYPRUS SWE on 09/24/05 |
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MGD
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to Kip patterson
Re: I got the same changes ....
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/
MGD |
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