Fraud by andycoleborn

Fraud

Had a call from one of my two credit card companies today asking if I was attempting to make a purchase in a jewellry shop..

Clearly not as I was in work...

Turns out that at the beginning of the month, both card companies received calls asking for a replacement card.. one was also asked for a new pin number to be sent... the other company said my pin numbers were accessed from my PC.

The replacement cards were intecepted before being delivered..

On one card two attempted purchases totalling £15,000 were made but declined... BUT that company never called me to check things..

On the other card (the one saying my passwords were accessed) two payments totalling £6,500 were made..

I've reported this to the Police, but they aren't interested and have left it to the credit card company to investiagate.... The credit card company say I might be liable.!!!

Fucking outrageous....

Flipping heck!! That's appalling. I got caught out by a scam website (the bank called, asked if I was making a payment on a Chinese website, I said 'no, it's supposed to be American - must be fraud' and they said, 'oh we'll we'll pay it then...) . Anyway I got a crime number from some fraud dept of the Met, reported it it trading standards and posted a big wad of paperwork and that helped a lot in getting the bank to pay up.
September 24th, 2013  
Oh my god, that's awful. I really feel for you - hope you manage to sort it all out!
September 24th, 2013  
Oh shit stuff. Hope it gets sorted.
September 24th, 2013  
In French we say "merde" !
My brother had just the same bad thing : his card has been used to pay a total equipment in Apple.... While he was in a plane !!!
I really hope you won't loose money, it's so unfair !
September 24th, 2013  
My worst nightmare. You have my sympathies
September 24th, 2013  
Wow! So sorry to hear...I hope it works out for you. The shot feels "angry" though...so if that's what you were shooting for, you have been successful! Silver lining? :)
September 24th, 2013  
Awesome picture, if you must have a credit card I suggest Discover, they rock! We have similar issues and they are always calming, helpful and we have never been held liable.
September 25th, 2013  
I am so sorry. In the US, people report to the credit bureaus and put a fraud alert on your account. Can you do that?
September 25th, 2013  
uggggg!
September 25th, 2013  
that is outrageous! I've had this happen before and they actually caught the guy who was using my card. Don't give up hope, you shouldn't be liable!
September 25th, 2013  
Man's inhumanity... Some people just seem to crawl our from under a rock... So sorry about that!
September 25th, 2013  
Not good! Back to the pillow. Never trust your belongings to someone you cannot trust... Mmm. Easy to say... Hope it all works out for the best soon!
September 25th, 2013  
That is a lot of money, and a lot of headache! I like the defeated card pile shot... it seems to be too common that people want to try to make a living from taking from others. :(
September 25th, 2013  
your last two words sum up the outrage andy ..... sad world when people do things like this
September 25th, 2013  
That is so bad, and I am so sorry it happened to you Andy I ( think) I heard on a radio show that once you can more or less prove you were, say in work you dont have to pay, because then it is clearly fraud,I hope it works out for you.
September 25th, 2013  
crikey - that's crazy... here my experience is that you get called if there's a question and they put a hold on your card... it's happened to me a couple times but i've never been made liable... never... that's insane... really hope they get things sorted for you
September 27th, 2013  
@judithg @northy @cookie123 @phil_howcroft @kandkids @mastermek @Weezilou @mchartwig @so_lo_webb @boxplayer Cheers guys :-)... Suppose they have to investigate just to be sure I wasn't in on the scam...

Still, at least my replacement card was delivered to my work address today.... To a colleague!!! Who thankfully was trustworthy enought not to run off and book a holiday....
September 27th, 2013  
Surely you won't be found liable for any of it.
September 29th, 2013  
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