kruser
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| reply to Doctor Olds
Re: [Credit Card Fraud] REQWEST CA bogus charge
Hey Dr. Olds!
I do agree that they most likely did not get it from any online stuff.
I just felt obligated to reveal my past purchases just in case.
The way I look at it, they get the info from somewhere and who knows where.
I'm sure that one of these days that this will be figured out.
If it is just random card number attempts then it will be hard to figure out.
I'm still leary of the card processors myself.
I'd bet they pay the employee's a low wage.
So you get your typical bandit who has leads on employee's of said company that are having a hard time financially and this said bandit offers that person a large sum of money to disclose info.
I'm not saying that is what happened in my case but it is possible.
I did read MGD's post that you linked.
I remember the TroubleBubble fraud that went down.
I'd say that the same people are behind this fraud.
Years ago I told myself that I'd never ever use credit cards because someone could steal your money.
I even told my parents that way back when!
Now of course almost 40 years later, I have cards and they are almost a necessity of life these days!
I do wonder how many people that DON'T use the internet have been hit with these charges? |
