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Credit card database compromise?

whoaru99

whoaru99

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Anyone else recently get a message from your card issuer saying your account is frozen and may have been compromised?

Not questioning the legitimacy of it, more curious if anyone has heard of what merchant(s) had a card database security breach in recent history.

I called customer service to activate the new card they sent me, but they claim they don't know the details.
 
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I got an email similar to this but the email address was not from my bank and there was a blind link in the body of the message asking me to update my username and password. I immediately deleted the message.


*edit ZebraBlvd's link is pretty much what I got as an email.
 
Actually that did happen to my fiance' a few months ago. They issued her a new card. This seems to be happening more and more. Enough where it almost makes sense to carry two bank accounts.. one with very little funds and one with your money. Transfer as needed..

I have been considering this because it would add another "firewall" between a scammer and me.
 
I don't give my creditors my email address. That way if they want me they will call (which they never do) or write. That way I know any email messages about a credit card account is a fraud.

Makes me me feel a little more protected and I don't get their junk email trying to sell me something.

Terry
 
It has happened to me twice in the last couple years. My CU sent me a new card with a letter explaining that the credit card processing center they subscribe to may have been compromised. They don't give any specific details and to play it safe they issue new cards with a different accnt. number.
 
I never use my debit card as a credit card as this opens up way too much vulnerability to my bank account. I have a separate CC that I do all my charges with.
 
It's worth noting that no bank or credit card company would EVER notify you of anything like this via email. They always call, or send you a letter.
 
To be clear, they didn't send me an email, the notification was plastered all over the home page of my online account.

When I logged in, the thing was lit up like a stop sign will all kinds of red warning text about it, and it wouldn't let me pay on account until I took certain steps (none of which were giving my user name and password). This is where they mentioned a new card had been sent out. Sure enough, there was a new card bearing a different acct. no. in my unopened mail pile.

So, I'm 100% sure it's not a scam, just wondering if anyone knew who's credit card database was recently hacked or stolen.
 
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pioneervato said:
It has happened to me twice in the last couple years. My CU sent me a new card with a letter explaining that the credit card processing center they subscribe to may have been compromised. They don't give any specific details and to play it safe they issue new cards with a different accnt. number.
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Ditto.
 
This has happened to me twice. They are not kidding. Try and use your old card. It is dead. That's how I found out the first time.
 
I got a phone call Tuesday 14th (public hol. ) saying my account had been compromised. two amounts of $1778 to Etihad Airlines plus one of $5 US to the US anti cancer council, this one apparently being the "test run". Another one of $1600 was in the process as it was being dealt with. Luckily I was not out of pocket personally...phew.
I will organize a separate a/c for any card dealings although I have always been scrupulous in my management.
Did I mention that I hate thieves.
As an afterthought, I had a following letter from my Building Society saying that the $1600 had been refused but that the two earlier ones had gone through but that they would cover it.
So what am I missing?....2 airline tickets usable when a flight is taken seems too obvious that an arrest would be forthcoming or am I overlooking something?
 
thilaseen said:
So what am I missing?....2 airline tickets usable when a flight is taken seems too obvious that an arrest would be forthcoming or am I overlooking something?
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If the thieves operate in Tasmania the way they do in the US I would think they will resell the tickets for cash under some pretext to an unsuspecting buyer(s) who will only find out the real situation when they show up at the airport to board the plane.

There was a comparable situation posted on Craigslist not long ago where a buyer purchased an Amazon.com GC at a discount from a stranger per a Craigslist ad.

Although the buyer confirmed the GC to be legit with Amazon.com prior to handing over his money, it turned out the GC had been purchased with a hijacked CC, so was later voided.

The Buyer was out his money with no recourse
 
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