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DennisMCSE
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 Posted - 05/04/2012 : 6:53:59 PM
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Got back from Virginia Beach from the forum meeting. Got a call from Visa fraud prevention saying that a bunch of credit cards were comprimised down there and one of them was mine. They said that to prevent fraud, they were going to have to cancel my card and send me a new one. They wouldn't tell me specifically where these cards were comprimised and wouldn't say how many cards, but that it was sometime after April 27. Seems I had some kind of charge for over $900 charged to the card yesterday, but the vendor name showed as blank, which tipped off Visa that something wasn't right, so they called me as soon as they saw the strangeness of the charge.
So anyone who went to the forum meeting, keep an eye on your credit card statements. Make sure nothing got charged on there that you didn't charge on it.
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lady_mcse
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Posted - 05/14/2012 : 1:38:47 PM
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I wasn't able to join you wonderful folks for the convention. However the one time my credit card was compromised, I was 90% certain it had been from handing it off to a clerk in an airport parking lot. He had it for a very long time, and it was the only charge I made in that city during that visit.
But on a related note, most of the big vendors now offer email alerts for suspicous activites, but you have to set up your preferences for them to work. |
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Xenophane
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Posted - 05/16/2012 : 06:30:00 AM
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I had all my cards cancelled after attending the MVP summit in Seattle... Both Visa and Mastercards. Nothing was ever charged on the cards though... But the 2 weeks without credit cards sucked...
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DennisMCSE
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Posted - 05/16/2012 : 10:34:40 AM
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It took about a week to get my new card. Then it was a pain because my gym membership, and a few other things, are automatically charged to my card. I had to call and give my new card number. One payment was missed because they tried to charge it to a card number that didn't exist since it was between my old card being cancelled and my new card arriving.
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Curt
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Posted - 05/16/2012 : 4:33:51 PM
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Thanks, I'll check.
Could be someone has hacked the hotel's database.
The SA password is blank or sa.
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Curt Spanburgh
Microsoft Certified Business Solution Specialist.
Dynamics CRM MVP
Contributing Editor, Windows IT Pro
He that is walking with wise persons will become wise, but he that is having dealings with the stupid ones will fare badly.
Proverbs 13:20
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jadgate
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Posted - 05/16/2012 : 4:47:10 PM
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Dennis-
When I was with Washington Mutual 4-5 years back, they had a serious problem with magnetic strip scanners being attached to ATMS by criminals looking to get ATM card #s. My card got compromised twice because the they kept hitting the same ATM. Chase at least has redesigned their ATMs to make putting a scanner over the opening much more difficult.
What's far worse in my experience is when large banks take it upon themselves to foist a new card (with a new #) upon you for no other reason than they switch from MC to VISA. I had this happen to me a few years back when the bank I had been with was acquired by another large bank. I won't name names, but they were recently in the news - something about a 2 billion dollar loss due to insider trading.
Anywho, they forced me to activate the new card before the old one expired (even though it had less than a year to go). What they failed to tell me was that both cards couldn't be linked to the same checking account (or at least they refused to do that). Since I have quite a few monthly automated payments linked into that account and that #, that had me scrambling.
Nothing like having a large impersonal corporate bank force changes down your throat for their benefit and not yours. When I was looking to re-fi my mortgage last year, they refused to do that, even though my credit score was more than adequate. Frankly, the only reason I'm still with them currently is that it would be an enormous pain in the ass to transfer my accounts, but I intend to read them the riot act about my new card not having an RFID capability (talk about security holes) when it comes up for renewal in Oct next year.
Jim
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mitachu
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Posted - 05/21/2012 : 11:52:35 AM
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Originally posted by Curt
Thanks, I'll check.
Could be someone has hacked the hotel's database.
The SA password is blank or sa.
AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS, Curt? ;)
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Curt
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Posted - 05/21/2012 : 12:01:54 PM
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I Don't.
It's just a typical thing.
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Curt Spanburgh
Microsoft Certified Business Solution Specialist.
Dynamics CRM MVP
Contributing Editor, Windows IT Pro
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Check your credit card statements!
