jttheclockman
Member
Well I got a call this morning from a credit card company which I do have a card with. They wanted to talk to me about recent activity and gave me a # to call. I looked at my card and it was not the number on the card so I got a little suspicious. I am figuring it was a scam.
I decided to call the card company using the number on the card. Well to my surprise it seems my card has been hacked and the thieves went on a spending spree last night. The person from security dept. of the card company started reading some of the charges and they were internet charges and I finally told her I did not use the card yesterday so any charges are not mine. I did not hear the rest. So I had to cancel the card and now it will be 7-10 days before a new one is issued.
What a pain in the neck. It goes to show you how vulnerable we are. Have no idea how this happened and when or where. It is my go to card. I usually try to always pay with cash in stores but when buying on line you sort of forced to. I wish more people would use PayPal as a means of payment acceptance. I accept the extra charges for the sense of security.
My question is what happens next??? Do these thieves get away with this??? Will they get their merchandise??? Will the authorities follow up and try to catch these people??? Do companies send product out before the charge is cleared??? I never did ask the person from the card company these questions. Was wondering what have others found out.
Thanks in advance.
I decided to call the card company using the number on the card. Well to my surprise it seems my card has been hacked and the thieves went on a spending spree last night. The person from security dept. of the card company started reading some of the charges and they were internet charges and I finally told her I did not use the card yesterday so any charges are not mine. I did not hear the rest. So I had to cancel the card and now it will be 7-10 days before a new one is issued.
What a pain in the neck. It goes to show you how vulnerable we are. Have no idea how this happened and when or where. It is my go to card. I usually try to always pay with cash in stores but when buying on line you sort of forced to. I wish more people would use PayPal as a means of payment acceptance. I accept the extra charges for the sense of security.
My question is what happens next??? Do these thieves get away with this??? Will they get their merchandise??? Will the authorities follow up and try to catch these people??? Do companies send product out before the charge is cleared??? I never did ask the person from the card company these questions. Was wondering what have others found out.
Thanks in advance.