MGD
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join:2002-07-31
Fort Lauderdale, FL
| reply to mr_slick
Re: Skandinavian Games
said by mr_slick  :....I searched this site and googled, but did not come up with anything. Anyone else heard of this? I've only used this card 3 times this month (netflix, verizon cell and groceries once). That is probably a front operation (fake company) set up in order to obtain a merchant billing account to process stolen card data. There are several criminal organizations that have been using this modus operandi for several years.
Based on a considerable amount of accumulated previous data, it is most likely that your card was not obtained from any recent online transaction or a B&M P.O.S. transaction. The victim purchase history of the other scams shows no common theme. Some either never used their cards online, or never made a purchase with that card period. The scam charge was the first ever use of the card. Of course your specific case could be different, though I doubt it.
The following would be very helpfull in trying to match this to a previous specific criminal group.
•A phone number listed alongside the charge line item.
•A partial website name that may appear alongside the line item charge.
If not, you could contact the bank and ask for the additional info that came from the merchant billing account that processed the charge. Finding the website name will be extremely helpful, and will allow other potential victims to be alerted via a search engine.
Cancelling the card was the correct thing to do as they will hit it repeatedly.
MGD |
