Fraud charges on my Mastercard

[MissHell]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Wow. That sucks. I'm glad companies have a better handle on it than they used to. Quick question - y'all determine where they nabbed your info from?

I didn't think to ask. My guess is they has my CC number, but had the name or zip wrong for my account. My Mom asked the same thing.

I was using it for Christmas shopping, it must have gotten compromised then, although not sure where.

[the chi]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Probably even more than fall for the fake messages from banks. I just got another one from Fifth Third Bank. I'm not even American.

You know there is a legitimate (or was) bank named this right? But I think it is one of the nigerian scams fave banks...

MH, make sure to get an account with a credit monitoring company, many you can get for free or cheaper than advertised by calling their 800 numbers and they monitor your credit reports, notifying you of ANY changes made under your SS and/or to your accounts. Without knowing where they got it, you dont know how much info on you they may have! Better safe than sorry!

[MissHell]

Originally Posted by The Chi

MH, make sure to get an account with a credit monitoring company, many you can get for free or cheaper than advertised by calling their 800 numbers and they monitor your credit reports, notifying you of ANY changes made under your SS and/or to your accounts. Without knowing where they got it, you dont know how much info on you they may have! Better safe than sorry!

Yup! Thankfully I already have the service. Got it last year cause we got notifed at work employee's info may have been compromised (SSN #'s, etc).

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by The Chi

You know there is a legitimate (or was) bank named this right? But I think it is one of the nigerian scams fave banks...

I know, which is why I made the "not American" comment. It's rare, but I occasionally get a scam email that names a Canadian bank..... that I also don't have an account with.

[Particle Man]

almost as bad as this:

http://www.boston.com/business/perso...ions_of_users/

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

almost as bad as this:

http://www.boston.com/business/perso...ions_of_users/

Office Space anyone?