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Post by Jon on Apr 4, 2009 9:47:39 GMT -8
Check your bank statements!
We are going to a concert tonight, getting a room in downtown so we can stumble to and fro, without having to worry about driving. Anyhoo... wife was checking her account and found a pending charge for 266 bucks from a company we have never heard of. Seems to be based out of Australia. We are in the process of getting out some cash and then having her accounts switched to new #'s. She'll be credit card less over the weekend and probably till Tuesday... Hmmm.... did she plan that??? ;D
Anyway, the 266 is still pending, so I hope we can stop it before they actually get it. Bottom line, had she not been doing that annoying thing of following up and being responsible this could have gotten bad. The one vague reference I can find to this company on the net says that the person also got hit for 200 some bucks, and then 223 another day before they shut it off. Sure, you can dispute those charges... but I think that takes like 60 days to get your money back...
Anyway, today's message from Captain Obvious is check your dang statements, often and early. This too could happen to you.
(Hope it doesn't)
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Post by outlaw525chick on Apr 5, 2009 21:09:14 GMT -8
We had a similiar thing happen not to long ago with one of Rick's CC's for 200 bucks. Not from the same company but still it was a big pain in the butt!
Do check everything!!! and often too!!!
Thank you to Captain Obvious!!!
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Post by Jon on Apr 6, 2009 15:20:43 GMT -8
yeah, I had to eat a bit of crow on this one. I am always harassing her for checking that stuff so often. Had she not caught it on Saturday morning though by that evening her money would be gone. Luckily she did, and after a trip down to the bank they stopped the charge. originally over the phone they told her they couldn't do that and that instead she had to dispute it (after she would have already lost the money).
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Post by outlaw525chick on Apr 6, 2009 20:29:44 GMT -8
I had a client today that said she had this happen with a charge of 85 bucks in a grocery store in India!!
This totally sucks....and unfortunatly with see more and more of it with the economy sucking.
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Post by fivendime on Apr 8, 2009 17:30:19 GMT -8
I deposited my check on Friday and had noticed the amount of cash was low. So I had them check and it was a huge charge for some digital camera over seas. Turns out someone had hacked into my PayPal account and payed for an auction item on Ebay. I actually got a hold of the owner of the camera via an email to tell him not to send the camera, and that I didn't authorize the charge. Turns out I caught it fast enough. He kept his camera and I got my money back. WHEW!
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