Trouble Bubble LLC Credit Card Scam Con uses a laundry list of business names Users in our Spam and Scam forum have identified and are dissecting yet another credit card scam, discovered when users noticed a $9.95 or $24.95 charge on their credit card from "Trouble Bubble LLC". The scam seems to be an evolving con that's been operating for some time. The scammers utilize numerous billing names, allowing them to minimize detection and charge the same cards multiple times. Customers report phantom charges from the following bogus business names: "Digital Age", "JM Business Products", "KC Softwarecom LLC", "Sun Software Systems", "Generex Technology", "Innovative Software-Computer Maint & Repair", and "Art Magic Inc.com". If you notice mysterious charges from any of these companies, your credit information has likely been compromised. Contact your credit card issuer to dispute the charges (and cancel the card) immediately, and file a complaint at the Internet Fraud Complaint Center. Keep your eye on this thread in our forums for additional detail.
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  CheesePremium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1 | Anything to make money Even ruining people's lives to make money, how sad for the people who have to resort to these kind of tactics. They must be some sad, lonely losers. | |
|  |  removedPremium,VIP
join:2002-02-08
Houston, TX
kudos:36 | Re: Anything to make money You act as if people have never defrauded other people. Come on - is this really a surprise? | |
| | | CheesePremium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1 | Re: Anything to make money No, not a surprise at all. It's just the way they go about it. | |
| | |  MaggsPremium
join:2002-11-29
Woodside, NY
 ·RCN CABLE
| My father got a pound of turkey that only weighed 13 ounces, and to top it off, the total was $6, he took my father's $20 bill and gave him $4 change. My father called him on it and left the store. He weightedd the turkey at home, and it came out to be 13 ounces. He called the store and they basically told him to shop elsewhere. | |
| | | | barkyPremium
join:2001-03-17
San Diego, CA
1 edit |  Re: Anything to make money
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your dad sounds like the turkey here. | |
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|  tcp1Premium
join:2000-04-17
Herndon, VA | Seems every few months I've been getting 9.95 charges from fraudulent companies.
I wonder if it actually might have something to do with new rules by Visa/MC on low-amount charges.. but it certainly has been happening a lot more. | |
| | | | as opposed to people who spend their day posting on forum sites? *grin* | |
| | | | | Re: Anything to make money One of these days!! BANG! ZOOM! | |
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mishaqPremium
join:2004-01-24
Richardson, TX | Sad Lonely... ...Rich Losers  Oh, and it's the government. How else are we gonna pay off our damn debt? It's not like you greasy Americans are gonna pay more taxes!
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Damn you FCC! | |
| | CheesePremium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1 | Re: Sad Lonely... Rich losers, that is so true. And as for the government, I could see that, but in sense, I think would be very bad press for the Gov. if in fact this was the case. | |
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| | Ok Just one more reason i use a prepaid credit card. Try to get something when there is nothing on it:D:D:D | |
| |  ScilicetPremium
join:2005-04-11
Aurora, CO | Re: Ok I've gone to a similar strategy. A card with a $300 limit that I rarely use. I use cash for all else. | |
| |  SmitedoggUzbekikittyPremium
join:2000-11-11
Pueblo, CO | Anyone else see the oxymoron? | |
| | |  Ark
join:2002-06-08
Ada, MI | Re: Ok Yeah, it's called a debit card | |
| | | |  cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5
 ·Frontier FiOS
| Re: Ok said by Ark:Yeah, it's called a debit card While you can consider a debit card a "prepaid" card, I think what the parent was trying to say was more a low-value or one-time use prepaid credit card. The cards basically are designed to make a single purchase and after that point, become basically useless as they have little value. If the card number is compromised, you are only out the remaining balance on that card if any. With a debit card, all the person has to do is wait until a Friday when the majority of the country gets paid, then go on a spending spree. By the time it is realized, it's too late and the damage is already done. Sure you MIGHT be able to get your money back, but depending on what the bank's policy is, it could be a while.
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"What gives them the right to come in and do this?" she said. - Lady complaining that she was getting FIOS in her backyard. | |
| | | | | MikeVx
join:2005-04-02
Southgate, MI | Re: Ok said by cdru:With a debit card, all the person has to do is wait until a Friday when the majority of the country gets paid, then go on a spending spree. By the time it is realized, it's too late and the damage is already done. Sure you MIGHT be able to get your money back, but depending on what the bank's policy is, it could be a while. Which is why I class it as suicidal stupidity to have a debit card against a "live" checking account. I have a debit card, but the account is used for the card almost exclusively (the occasional small check also, but rare). If someone scams my card, the bank would guarantee the losses directly, but the hundreds to thousands I could lose in penalties and increased rates from bounced checks and other payment failures would NOT be covered. The dedicated account eliminates that problem, and all my repeating payments via the card are with companies that agree to behave nicely if I have to change card numbers due to scamming.
My regular account and other special-purpose accounts are all ATM-card only. | |
| | | | | | MGDPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
kudos:9 | Re: Ok Those policies do substantially reduce your exposure to fraud. However, it is worth noting that ideally the debit account should be at an institution that you do not have other deposit accounts with. That will preempt the option of attaching those accounts for overage recovery, or having them "on hold" until a fraudulent dispute is resolved.
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| | | | Ark
join:2002-06-08
Ada, MI | You would call it a prepaid debit card, not a credit card. You aren't buying anything on credit if its prepaid, hence the original poster is right that it is an oxymoron. It doesn't matter if its one-time use or not. | |
| | | | | | | | Re: Ok said by Ark:You would call it a prepaid debit card, not a credit card. You aren't buying anything on credit if its prepaid, hence the original poster is right that it is an oxymoron. It doesn't matter if its one-time use or not. However, debit cards rarely, if ever, report to the credit bureau, where the prepaids often do.
Many people use 'prepaid credit cards' to rebuild or establish good credit, whereas debit cards perform no such function.
The pre-paid credit card is not oxymoronic due to this differentiation. | |
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MGDPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-31
kudos:9 | Spreading Looks like this fraud is hitting thousands of victims.
I hope the merchant accounts are being frozen quickly, before the money leaves the country.
MGD | |
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