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backdoorman
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Posted - May 18 2008 : 12:22PM
Have any of you been having a problem with this. Everytime I do business with a certain co. that begins with"Bizarro" in Arizona I wind up with my number being stolen and used by some geek who buys trading cards and computer games. So far I have able to catch it. I also notified the company this morning that they are either compromised or just plain crooked. What can you expect from bootleggers I guess ?
backdoorman
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Posted - May 19 2008 : 8:55PM
You mean I'm the only person on here to ever have their credit card number stolen online ?
Drew Black
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Posted - May 21 2008 : 10:38PM
I thought you were asking a question specifically about some "bizzaro" company. I've never heard of them and therefore don't have anything to add to the discussion. I assume that's the same situation most other people are in too.
If you find your credit card is frequently stolen while shopping online you may have spyware on your computer.
backdoorman
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Posted - May 22 2008 : 10:27AM
Yeah that's possible but it's been stolen very intermittently. And only after doing business with this company also know as Forbidden video. I just wondered if anyone else has had this problem in general not with this company in particular.
Drew Black
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Posted - May 22 2008 : 10:57AM
I've been shopping online for a little over 10 years. I've never had a credit card number stolen due to an online purchase. In that time I have had two instances of fraud occur, neither related to inter of my card.
The first was due to a scam being run from a gas station in Rowland Heights, CA where some employees were capturing card numbers from the pumps. American Express caught it before I did and reissued me a new card without me even contacting them.
The second instance happened recently and it was a bitch to deal with. I don't know who did it or how they did it but someone managed to create a duplicate of my card and used it to pay for a $3000 Persian rug in London, England. My credit card company gave me a hard time in disputing the charge because it was a "card present" situation where the shopper physically had the card in their possession and used it to make the purchase. I was in Mexico at the time of the purchase but had not used the card for any purchases in Mexico. When I told the credit card company that I could prove that I was in Mexico and not London at the time of the purchase they finally agreed to take the $3000 off of my balance. It took about two hours on the phone with them to get to that point. A week later I had to fill out a number of forms swearing that it wasn't me that made the purchase and I had not given my card to anyone. It was a huge PITA. I canceled that card.
 
backdoorman
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Posted - May 22 2008 : 11:52AM
I am trying to file a police report about this last time but they don't seem the least bit interested. I do have a fake name and phone number for the person doing it and an address that is a mail drop service in NYC. No wonder it's done so often the police don't seem to care because it's too trivial to them.
Drew Black
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Posted - May 22 2008 : 1:33PM
I think it also is out of their jurisdiction.
backdoorman
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Posted - May 22 2008 : 8:31PM
Maybe but can't they forward the info on ? The credit card company advised me to do this.
Drew Black
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Posted - May 22 2008 : 9:41PM
Did they tell you to file it with the FBI or your local police department?
backdoorman
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Posted - May 23 2008 : 11:27AM
Local police.
skronker
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Posted - May 23 2008 : 11:37AM
I was credit-frauded this year. It wasn't due to anything online. The weird thing is, just before it happened I was thinking about changing my card number anyway ...
phatbasey
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Posted - May 23 2008 : 11:59AM
Has any one tried Identity Truth or LifeLock or any of those? I am seriously considering joining but they are big money...
backdoorman
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10/07
Posted - May 23 2008 : 1:32PM
I have Lifelock and it does work. It can't however prevent your credit card number from being used if stolen. It protects against identity theft by doing a number of things. If someone tries to use your identity to open a new line of credit you are called immediately. They just instituted some more levels of protection. I would recocommend you read the particulars on their site. Just do a search for lifelock.
Harri Patel
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Posted - May 23 2008 : 11:26PM
backdoorman
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Posted - May 24 2008 : 9:46AM
^ Nothing is perfect. They recently added new levels of protection. In response to the above incidents? I'm keeping it.
 
phatbasey
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Posted - May 24 2008 : 4:56PM
backdoor man you are saying the price is worth it?
backdoorman
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Posted - May 25 2008 : 9:03AM
^ I personally think so. Mileage may vary I guess.
RedClayFH
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Posted - May 28 2008 : 6:55PM
There was another article recently in the New York Times about lifelock. You can probably find it on their site. The article was very critical of them...apparently a number of states are suing them.



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