Identity Theft .... just got hacked >:(

So we just got a call from our bank .... some scum bag piece of crap just charged $1,800 worth of merchandise on my wife's bank card


Has this happened to you? This sucks so bad ...

 

I wouldn't say you got hacked or that you had identity theft, I would say someone just got your credit card number. It has happened to me twice. I have certain alerts set on my credit cards (only two) and I also check my credit union account fairly often. One time I saw charges on my debit card happening in England for train tickets and such. I called the 800 number, let them know fraud was happening and they stopped the card. Sent me a new card and that was that. The second time they actually called me and asked if I was making certain charges. I said no, they stopped the card. Sent me a new card and that was that.

This is one of the reasons interests rates are what they are on credit cards. To pay for the fraud. I would recommend that everyone set limit alerts on their credit cards if they have them.

 

My two friends and I had our indentities stolen multiple times over the last 3 years by the same person.

He is now rotting in jail.

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It's not a Credit Card per say .. it is a bank card that can be used like a credit card, but it comes right out of my bank account

So I believe that qualifies for IT and Hacked ... it blows either way

 

Mine was being used by some POS in NYC..... hating people.....

 

Good info from our very own, Mark Cooper


http://ruraliowegian.wordpress.com/...-protection-what-banks-dont-want-you-to-know/

 

either way that is a bad deal. Sorry to hear that!

 

The thing is, they will more than likely get away with it ... we will be credited the money ... but the scumbag will get away .. the store will lose, I will get more gray hair, and the dirt ball will get away ...

 

That sucks Tony! Sorry that happened to you. I am always nervous to use my bank card for this specific reason...and the numbers aren't just stolen online anymore. It can happen anywhere

 

Sorry to hear that PT that really sucks. They need a good

 

Those cards make life too easy for everyone, even the dirtbags.

 

Turn the other cheek preacher.

 

Can I get the new number? I forgot one thing at the Depot.

 

Sorry to hear this happened to you Preacher Tony. It sucks that most of these crooks get away with it.

 

Happened to me while I was out at my lease hunting for a couple weeks, my bank froze my accounts, had to get new everything, what a total pain in the ***!!!!!!!

 

Its turned... only I am looking now...

Seriously, I can't believe how many people this has happened to....

 

Happened to me a few years back. They somehow got ahold of my debit card #. Luckily I caught it fairly early and there was only 2 minor transactions. Makes u feel violated for sure. I hated it. They never caught who used my card #.

 

I am sorry you are going through this. It happens all the time, especially to Senior Citizens that seem like easy prey.

Someone stole my identity once... "They sent it back with a sympathy card!"

I am glad you caught it and I hope the perp gets caught.

 

Happened to us with our credit card a few years ago. They took off the charges so it didn't cost us anything but it sucked.


Wow someone had to be real desperate to pretend they were you.


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PT has happened to me twice in a span of like 10 years. Once while in high school and again just a year ago or so. I noticed both times very quickly has I get mobile alerts of any transactions over a certain limit (annoying at times yes, but worth it). First time they got like $300 and the second time only like $200. All new cards, changed passwords and blah blah blah each time.

The sad truth is our only real defense against this stuff is the sheer number of people in the world or only having cash, and not using banks.