Posted: 6/27/2011 2:52:10 PM EDT
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Them dirty bastards somehow got my debt card info and took me for ~$200. My card kept getting declined, which was odd as I knew it had money in it. I called up the bank and they flagged my account for suspicious activities. Some asshole was spending my money in San Diego. After they review the case I will get my money back. As such, I am not too worked up about this. I still hate thieves; hanging is too good for them. I have no idea how they got my info. I am always paranoid about PERSEC. How do these people get a hold of card info? |
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They steal it from websites, off your computer, etc. Also pretty easy to pull credit card info out of a lot of retail systems. When I was in retail 5 or 6 years ago I could pull pretty much any credit card number that was ever used at the store. This was for a big national chain. Smaller places that run credit cards that don't have an it dept are another place they can get grabbed.
You are also seeing more card skimmers out there. IE they put one on a gas pump, atm, etc. They are becoming better and better at it. Stealing card #'s by rfid is yet another way. |
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Quoted: You need this pic on your card.  http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo157/Furyataurus/frobro-1.jpg I would, but custom cards cost extra money, and all mine got stolen.  |
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Quoted: They steal it from websites, off your computer, etc. Also pretty easy to pull credit card info out of a lot of retail systems. When I was in retail 5 or 6 years ago I could pull pretty much any credit card number that was ever used at the store. This was for a big national chain. Smaller places that run credit cards that don't have an it dept are another place they can get grabbed. You are also seeing more card skimmers out there. IE they put one on a gas pump, atm, etc. They are becoming better and better at it. Stealing card #'s by rfid is yet another way. I don't think they hacked my computer, and I don't keep card info on it anyways. And I have never made a web purchase with this card. So basically, any place I have ever used the card is a possible source of thievery? Makes me want to start using cash only.  |
| Happened to me too. Got my money back. I never found out for sure where they got the info from. But about a month later, I received a letter from an online vendor I'd used over a year previous advising me they'd been hacked and offering a year of credit monitoring on their dime. |
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They steal it from websites, off your computer, etc. Also pretty easy to pull credit card info out of a lot of retail systems. When I was in retail 5 or 6 years ago I could pull pretty much any credit card number that was ever used at the store. This was for a big national chain. Smaller places that run credit cards that don't have an it dept are another place they can get grabbed. You are also seeing more card skimmers out there. IE they put one on a gas pump, atm, etc. They are becoming better and better at it. Stealing card #'s by rfid is yet another way. I had an AMEX card that was compromised one time. It was opened by me for a balance transfer offer. It was never used once...anywhere...and it still got compromised. |
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You need this pic on your card.
http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo157/Furyataurus/frobro-1.jpg That is one huge AFRO! Nobody does heels down anymore prone? |
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Which is why I prefer a CC to a Debit card.
If shit gets stolen, it is not stolen from my accounts, depending upon a bank to make it right, and affecting my ability to pay bills, make purchases, or for checks to clear. I really don't understand the whole 'I use a debit card because CC are de Debbil!' argument. TRG |
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Quoted: Quoted: They steal it from websites, off your computer, etc. Also pretty easy to pull credit card info out of a lot of retail systems. When I was in retail 5 or 6 years ago I could pull pretty much any credit card number that was ever used at the store. This was for a big national chain. Smaller places that run credit cards that don't have an it dept are another place they can get grabbed. You are also seeing more card skimmers out there. IE they put one on a gas pump, atm, etc. They are becoming better and better at it. Stealing card #'s by rfid is yet another way. I had an AMEX card that was compromised one time. It was opened by me for a balance transfer offer. It was never used once...anywhere...and it still got compromised. Damn  I sure am glad that my bank was on the ball with this one. They started spending right as I had left town on some business so I wasn't paying attention. They could have done a lot more damage. |
| i got took for $1200 in 2009 they used it as a down payment on some custom blinds.took me about a month but i got it back.from boston blinds.very strange but i had to lock down all my accounts and credit cards.my wife was with family in england at the time and i had no real way to get money to her.realy turned my world up side down for awhile.if i ever found the person i would knock his teeth out. |
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i got took for $1200 in 2009 they used it as a down payment on some custom blinds.took me about a month but i got it back.from boston blinds.very strange but i had to lock down all my accounts and credit cards.my wife was with family in england at the time and i had no real way to get money to her.realy turned my world up side down for awhile.if i ever found the person i would knock his teeth out. Should have offered to deliver the blinds. |
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That is the reason that I stopped using my debit card and switched back to credit card or cash only.
With a debit card they are stealing your money, with a credit card it's the credit card companies money. Most banks are pretty good about refunding your money quickly but they can drag their feet sometimes. |
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Them dirty bastards somehow got my debt card info and took me for ~$200. My card kept getting declined, which was odd as I knew it had money in it. I called up the bank and they flagged my account for suspicious activities. Some asshole was spending my money in San Diego. After they review the case I will get my money back. As such, I am not too worked up about this. I still hate thieves; hanging is too good for them. I have no idea how they got my info. I am always paranoid about PERSEC. How do these people get a hold of card info? Sounds like you're using a debit card. Don't. Use a credit card. Always. Let the bank's money be at risk. |
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I've been told some thieves will attempt small purchases using random card numbers until something goes through. Then they use that information to make purchases, usually online, until it stops working. I'm not sure how valid it is, but I can see how it could be done. They wouldn't need to steal your information, their random number generation process just happens to come up with information matching your card information. |
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I've been told some thieves will attempt small purchases using random card numbers until something goes through. Then they use that information to make purchases, usually online, until it stops working. I'm not sure how valid it is, but I can see how it could be done. They wouldn't need to steal your information, their random number generation process just happens to come up with information matching your card information. That does happen. I had my card hit that way one time. Called one of the companies they tried to order shit from to tell them not to ship it. They had the card number and date but nothing else was right. |
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You rang? |
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He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!! |
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My business AMEX got hit just last weekend while I was up in Quebec. Some fucker named John Metcalf Jr. (or posing as John Metcalf Jr. of Metcalf Racing, Garland, TX) put a charge on it for $6600 to a dealership near Houston for an engine/tranny to be shipped to Miami.
On the shipper's bill of lading, it was to be delivered to a house that has been on the market for years. But he left a cell phone. Probably a pre-paid, I haven't called it yet, but I want to give him a piece of my mind. Card was cancelled, and shitstain didn't get his stolen goods. Here's the wierd part: He called the hotel I was staying in THAT day and said he was from AMEX and had the card number, but needed the expiration date. He had up to the day information on where the card was being used. How the fuck does that happen? |