Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bob, I suspected it was a rather sophisticated process. >From the responses I have received from friends on two lists, I don't think I made my point clearly. Most cases reported by others involved invoices from legitimate businesses, resulting from fraudulent use of card information. In my case, the invoice was from a business that does not exist, but was using a slightly mispelled name of a legitimate web business. One letter was omitted from the name of the real business. However, the nature of that business was one that did not fit my usual pattern of charges. I figure that anyone web-savvy enough to do that is also sharp enough to know how to harvest numbers, or buy them from someone else who has done that. When I use a card locally, it almost never leaves my hand. And currently, printed charge receipts record only the last four digits of the card. Someone would have to get "inside the system" at large chain businesses in order to get the full number. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert D. Baron" <rbaron at concentric.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Credit Card Fraud > The major credit card companies have very sophisticated software now > that can be reasonably adept at spotting possible fraudulent > transactions. > > Several times in recent years I have got calls from fraud units asking > me if I was in, say, China the previous day (the answer is always > 'no') and they say we've got a fraudulent transaction here and we'll > cancel your card and overnight you a new one. Citibank has been > particularly active in this area. > > But it can also trip you up: Several months ago I put gas in my car, > then went a WalMart, then went to a liquor store. I used the same > card at all three places. At the liquor store I was told the card was > rejected and I should call the issuer's Fraud Unit. I did and was > told I had fallen into the pattern of people who steal credit cards: > They go to a gas station to make sure the card works, then they go to > a WalMart to get items to sell, and then they go to a liquor store to > stock up for a party. This caused their software to tag me, but when > I convinced them it was me and not a robber they approved the > purchase. > > This Modern Age. > > --Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >