My credit card was stolen! - YorkieTalk.com Forums

Tink's Mom · 02-10-2007, 01:27 PM

I can't believe this happened to me. I'm so careful with my card. Jeepers!

I got a call from my credit card company a few minutes ago asking me if I had purchased some things on-line today. When I said no, they said someone was using my card but all but the last purchase would not be charged to me. The last purchase was a big one and the store denied it and called the credit card company. I only get charged $1.00. Thank goodness for that.

But now I had to call the credit card company and cancel my card. I won't get a new one for 9 days or more. I have most of my recurring monthly bills charged to my card so I make just one monthly payment plus I get the mileage perks. Now I have to call all those people> ARGH! This is so frustrating and so upsetting. Why do people do thses things? I just can't understand treating other people this way. I am so hurt and angry.

I'm trying to think where I used my card that this could have happened. I know where I used it last. I hate to think that might be where it happened though.

Willow · 02-10-2007, 01:34 PM

OH NO that is terrible! I hope you get it resolved quickly and that they find the jerk who did it!

MissLola · 02-10-2007, 01:35 PM

Wow, that is scary. Some people need to get a life and get REAL JOBS instead of working to steal other people's money.

Thorsmomma · 02-10-2007, 01:58 PM

WOW! That is totally scary! Sorry that happened to you. I would feel so violated. I'm glad that you were not charged and that your CC company caught it!!!

Tink's Mom · 02-10-2007, 02:10 PM

Since I have my card, I think it has to be someone from a store that wrote down my account number. They bought some shoes and clothes and stuff from a camera company!

I would be so afraid to do something like that. Besides it being legally wrong, it's morally wrong!

chachi · 02-10-2007, 02:16 PM

That is scary. I like it when some places ask to see your ID when you charge. I wish more places did it

LunasMomma · 02-10-2007, 02:56 PM

Oh NO!

Did they just use the cc #, or did they have your actual card? That is just scary and what a pain in the butt

I'm sorry that happened to you!

Tink's Mom · 02-10-2007, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by LunasMomma

Oh NO!

Did they just use the cc #, or did they have your actual card? That is just scary and what a pain in the butt

I'm sorry that happened to you!

I have the card so they must have written the account down from when I made a purchase. It's pretty easy to figure out who it was 'cause I use that card at the same places. I'm working with the CC company to help.

mistyinca · 02-10-2007, 03:22 PM

This happened to us. I can't prove it, but I think it was the pizza delivery guy who did it. We had two mysterious online purchases made right next to each other. And they occurred within an hour after ordering a pizza.

Never order a pizza with a credit card, and here's why: They have your name, address, phone number, and when they deliver your pizza, all they have to do is remember your 3 digit code on the back--when it looks like they are verifying your signature.

Willow · 02-10-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by mistyinca

This happened to us. I can't prove it, but I think it was the pizza delivery guy who did it. We had two mysterious online purchases made right next to each other. And they occurred within an hour after ordering a pizza.

Never order a pizza with a credit card, and here's why: They have your name, address, phone number, and when they deliver your pizza, all they have to do is remember your 3 digit code on the back--when it looks like they are verifying your signature.

OMG that is scary!

Shadow · 02-10-2007, 05:42 PM

This is very scarey, I live by my debit/credit bank card. Hope you find the thief!

bettyeanne · 02-10-2007, 06:39 PM

We own our own Corporation but seldom use our debit cards unless it's business travel, etc. We used it at a hotel in Kansas and after we returned home and I checked online to see if the debit had cleared, there were online orders for a couple of car stereo systems, speakers, etc. They were all ordered from out of country. We immediately contacted our bank who handled the whole thing ... it had to be stolen numbers at the hotel and it didn't cost us anything but we are now overly cautious about using debit/credit cards!!

Hope you get all this resolved with no cost to you! I hate deadbeats who steal!!!

LuvMySissy · 02-10-2007, 06:48 PM

This happened to me last summer. I still have no idea how my # was stolen, but several purchases were made online over the 4th of July weekend. My CC card company called me that Monday and immediately cancelled my card. I do lots of online purchasing, but I never give my # over the phone and I don't use it at restaurants or anyplace else where my card is given to someone. I haven't had any problems since switching my number and I wasn't responsible for any of the charges, but it was a pain anyway!!!

Morkie4 · 02-10-2007, 06:56 PM

Aww, that's just awful!

I go crazy when I can't find my credit card. Once I thought I lost it and I looked the high heavens for it and when I couldn't find it, I called the CC company and canceled it......I found it the next day on the desk under a pile of bills. I have never had any unauthorized charges........hope I never do. Hope they catch who did it!!!

genie · 02-10-2007, 08:18 PM

This happened to me once. I was getting gas and I couldn't find my credit card, I looked everywhere and still couldn't find it so I got worried and called the company and asked what the last purchases were, and when they told me my heart stopped. I told them that someone had stolen my card. I found out that it was a girl at work. The nurses share a bathroom/locker room with the registration clerks and it was one of the clerks. I never had 100% proof but she quit without notice when I started talking about it at work and I got her signature from work and it matched the signature on the card and on the security tape at walmart she wore a cap and baggy clothes...and the items purchased on the card was household items including king size sheets and she had just moved into a new place and bought a new king size bed! AND one of the ems guys was room mates with her boyfriend and he got money stolen from his room when she was there, but there is no way to prove it was her...but everyone knows it was. Even though she got away with it with the law, she didn't get away with everyone knowing it was her because I told everyone that I knew and that she knew and so she will have to live knowing that everyone knows she is a thief...I bet those sheet and baskets wasn't worth it now...

02-10-2007, 01:27 PM	#1
Tink's Mom With Indy In My Heart Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 8,442	My credit card was stolen! I can't believe this happened to me. I'm so careful with my card. Jeepers! I got a call from my credit card company a few minutes ago asking me if I had purchased some things on-line today. When I said no, they said someone was using my card but all but the last purchase would not be charged to me. The last purchase was a big one and the store denied it and called the credit card company. I only get charged $1.00. Thank goodness for that. But now I had to call the credit card company and cancel my card. I won't get a new one for 9 days or more. I have most of my recurring monthly bills charged to my card so I make just one monthly payment plus I get the mileage perks. Now I have to call all those people> ARGH! This is so frustrating and so upsetting. Why do people do thses things? I just can't understand treating other people this way. I am so hurt and angry. I'm trying to think where I used my card that this could have happened. I know where I used it last. I hate to think that might be where it happened though. __________________ Mom of Bruno RIP Tinkerbelle Tala & Howard Indy & Stuart

02-10-2007, 01:34 PM	#2
Willow Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,890	OH NO that is terrible! I hope you get it resolved quickly and that they find the jerk who did it! __________________ Alycia Autumn Gizmo Maddie

02-10-2007, 01:58 PM	#4
Thorsmomma I Love Thor Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,177 Blog Entries: 1	WOW! That is totally scary! Sorry that happened to you. I would feel so violated. I'm glad that you were not charged and that your CC company caught it!!! __________________ Hannah & Thor & Harry The boys on DOGSTER

02-10-2007, 02:10 PM	#5
Tink's Mom With Indy In My Heart Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 8,442	Since I have my card, I think it has to be someone from a store that wrote down my account number. They bought some shoes and clothes and stuff from a camera company! I would be so afraid to do something like that. Besides it being legally wrong, it's morally wrong! __________________ Mom of Bruno RIP Tinkerbelle Tala & Howard Indy & Stuart

02-10-2007, 02:16 PM	#6
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	That is scary. I like it when some places ask to see your ID when you charge. I wish more places did it __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

02-10-2007, 01:35 PM	#3
MissLola Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Dakota Posts: 340	Wow, that is scary. Some people need to get a life and get REAL JOBS instead of working to steal other people's money.

02-10-2007, 02:56 PM	#7
LunasMomma Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida Posts: 8,799	Oh NO! Did they just use the cc #, or did they have your actual card? That is just scary and what a pain in the butt I'm sorry that happened to you! __________________ Tracy, Mom to Izzy and Luna

02-10-2007, 03:22 PM	#9
mistyinca No Longer a Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: USA Posts: 4,143 Blog Entries: 2	This happened to us. I can't prove it, but I think it was the pizza delivery guy who did it. We had two mysterious online purchases made right next to each other. And they occurred within an hour after ordering a pizza. Never order a pizza with a credit card, and here's why: They have your name, address, phone number, and when they deliver your pizza, all they have to do is remember your 3 digit code on the back--when it looks like they are verifying your signature.

02-10-2007, 05:42 PM	#11
Shadow No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: California Posts: 5,368	This is very scarey, I live by my debit/credit bank card. Hope you find the thief!

02-10-2007, 06:39 PM	#12
bettyeanne Donating YT 7000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alabama, etc. Posts: 9,031	We own our own Corporation but seldom use our debit cards unless it's business travel, etc. We used it at a hotel in Kansas and after we returned home and I checked online to see if the debit had cleared, there were online orders for a couple of car stereo systems, speakers, etc. They were all ordered from out of country. We immediately contacted our bank who handled the whole thing ... it had to be stolen numbers at the hotel and it didn't cost us anything but we are now overly cautious about using debit/credit cards!! Hope you get all this resolved with no cost to you! I hate deadbeats who steal!!! __________________ Toto's Mom - http://www.dogster.com/?206581 Yorkie Rescue Colorado - http://www.yorkierescuecolorado.com/ "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits." -- Albert Einstein

02-10-2007, 06:48 PM	#13
LuvMySissy Luv my Angel, too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 9,333	This happened to me last summer. I still have no idea how my # was stolen, but several purchases were made online over the 4th of July weekend. My CC card company called me that Monday and immediately cancelled my card. I do lots of online purchasing, but I never give my # over the phone and I don't use it at restaurants or anyplace else where my card is given to someone. I haven't had any problems since switching my number and I wasn't responsible for any of the charges, but it was a pain anyway!!! __________________ Sissy & Angel

02-10-2007, 06:56 PM	#14
Morkie4 Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 4,549	Aww, that's just awful! I go crazy when I can't find my credit card. Once I thought I lost it and I looked the high heavens for it and when I couldn't find it, I called the CC company and canceled it......I found it the next day on the desk under a pile of bills. I have never had any unauthorized charges........hope I never do. Hope they catch who did it!!! __________________ CAROL ~ Krissie ~ Toby ~ Brandy ~ Buffy Proud member of Maltesetalk and Yorkietalk

02-10-2007, 08:18 PM	#15
genie Loves Hannah & Gracie Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: washington Posts: 1,752	This happened to me once. I was getting gas and I couldn't find my credit card, I looked everywhere and still couldn't find it so I got worried and called the company and asked what the last purchases were, and when they told me my heart stopped. I told them that someone had stolen my card. I found out that it was a girl at work. The nurses share a bathroom/locker room with the registration clerks and it was one of the clerks. I never had 100% proof but she quit without notice when I started talking about it at work and I got her signature from work and it matched the signature on the card and on the security tape at walmart she wore a cap and baggy clothes...and the items purchased on the card was household items including king size sheets and she had just moved into a new place and bought a new king size bed! AND one of the ems guys was room mates with her boyfriend and he got money stolen from his room when she was there, but there is no way to prove it was her...but everyone knows it was. Even though she got away with it with the law, she didn't get away with everyone knowing it was her because I told everyone that I knew and that she knew and so she will have to live knowing that everyone knows she is a thief...I bet those sheet and baskets wasn't worth it now...