Thanks for the feedback, Chuck.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Credit Card Fraud
> This has happened to me twice before but, like Moose, I had no suspicion
> of internet involvement. IIRC, the first incident was probably well
> before internet fraud became widespread.
>
> In the first case it was my wife who detected the false charges.
> Although we had lived on the east coast of Florida prior to this
> incident, at the time it happened we were living near Boston. We got
> charges from the Fort Myers, Florida area for everything from diapers to
> TV sets. I suspected an east coast restaurant waiter. In the second
> incident Visa detected it and called me for verification. They must
> have a pretty good idea of my purchase places and patterns to have done
> that. Now when I go on a long trip I call my bank and tell them to
> expect a lot of hotel/restaurant/gas bills from far away places.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Moose,
>>
>> Nice to know I'm not alone. The way the charge was submitted to Visa
>> made
>> it appear to be a legitimate Internet website. Only one letter was
>> changed
>> in the name. I could find no legitimate site with the name given, but I
>> did
>> send a note to the legitimate site that had been spoofed. They said they
>> appreciated the information.
>>
>> In my case, as soon as I determined that the charge was not genuine, they
>> took action to cancel the card. I then went by the financial institution
>> and signed forms to document the problem, so they could try to recover
>> the
>> funds.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 5:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Credit Card Fraud
>>
>>
>>> On 4/6/2010 3:16 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>> Just a heads-up. I received a call this morning from the card service
>>>> agency that processes my Visa charges, asking me to review some recent
>>>> charges to establish their legitimacy. They had noted a charge that
>>>> raised a flag, but I don't know how they detected it.
>>>>
>>>> It turns out that, over the weekend, someone got my card number and
>>>> made
>>>> a fraudulent charge to the account, for the amount of $385.01. I
>>>> suspect
>>>> it resulted from my use of the card with internet merchants, though I
>>>> also use it around town.
>>>>
>>>> I have canceled the card and initiated actions to remove the charge
>>>> from
>>>> my account. This is my first encounter with this type of thing, though
>>>> I
>>>> knew that it is not too uncommon.
>>>>
>>> I had a similar thing happen a few months ago. Because I had used that
>>> particular card sparingly, I was able to track down where I used it in a
>>> restaurant that almost certainly was where the number was taken. It was
>>> certainly not the web. I told them where I thought it had happened.
>>>
>>> You cancelled the card? My bank had already frozen it and gave me no
>>> choice (not that I wanted one), as soon as I confirmed that the charges
>>> were fraudulent, canceling it and issuing a replacement immediately.
>>>
>>>> Keep an eye on those accounts!
>>>>
>>> In my case, the first charge was quite small, testing the waters, I
>>> guess. The issuer was right on the second one within a few hours. Even
>>> though I usually download transactions more often that I get statements,
>>> they caught it long before I would have.
>>>
>>> They also sent me a form to sign, saying that the charges were
>>> fraudulent, so they could take action against the perpetrator(s), if
>>> they located him/her/them.
>>>
>>> A couple of images from that restaurant have been posted here; none of
>>> the staff, though. :-)
>>>
>>> Moose
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