Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/06

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Subject: [Leica] Credit Card Fraud
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:28:42 -0500
References: <C845EB2BCC9A4A15A60AFABCB6261B3A@jimnichols> <F3AD104A-235A-4AFC-B319-443CE09549BC@gmail.com>

Thanks, Lluis.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lluis Ripoll Querol" <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Credit Card Fraud


> Jim,
>
> I've had a fraud some years ago, on my case I'm sure that it was not  for 
> the use of the card on internet, on the other hand I prefer use  Paypal or 
> coded Direct Bank transactions. On my case the money was  remboursed by 
> the Bank or the Credit Card Insurance 3 months later.  I'm sure you too, 
> but we should be careful.
>
> On the other hand I'm sure that this kind of fraud can't be produced  with 
> companies such i.e. Amazon or veru well knonw big dealers....
>
> Thanks for the information, good luck!
>
> Saludos
> Lluis
>
> El 07/04/2010, a las 0:16, Jim Nichols escribi?:
>
>> Just a heads-up.  I received a call this morning from the card  service 
>> agency that processes my Visa charges, asking me to review  some recent 
>> charges to establish their legitimacy.  They had noted a  charge that 
>> raised a flag, but I don't know how they detected it.
>>
>> It turns out that, over the weekend, someone got my card number and  made 
>> a fraudulent charge to the account, for the amount of $385.01.   I 
>> suspect it resulted from my use of the card with internet  merchants, 
>> though I also use it around town.
>>
>> I have canceled the card and initiated actions to remove the charge  from 
>> my account.  This is my first encounter with this type of  thing, though 
>> I knew that it is not too uncommon.
>>
>> Keep an eye on those accounts!
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Credit Card Fraud)
Message from lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll Querol) ([Leica] Credit Card Fraud)