Got a call at 6:20 am from Western Union. Someone in Nigeria was trying to use my credit card number (multiple times) to transfer some funds. Transaction was refused.
The card has been cancelled, the credit card company and I discussed what else is likely fraudulent (looks like someone got hold of it starting June 21 or so ... when I was riding horsies and soaking in mineral baths in Colorado), the credit bureaus will be notified that this card was used fraudulently, and I will be getting a new card and a statement.
What else should I be doing here? Does anyone think that filing charges would be appropriate?
The card has been cancelled, the credit card company and I discussed what else is likely fraudulent (looks like someone got hold of it starting June 21 or so ... when I was riding horsies and soaking in mineral baths in Colorado), the credit bureaus will be notified that this card was used fraudulently, and I will be getting a new card and a statement.
What else should I be doing here? Does anyone think that filing charges would be appropriate?
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pissed off
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berkeleyfarm- Charlotte (CLB)'s LJ
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So: check to see if you have a file a police report, do so if you have to. They're not going to investigate, but it will give you the paperwork if your bank needs it.
Also, get a free copy of your credit report(s) and maybe put a fraud alert on them.
A lot of the charges were "attempted" and did not go through for whatever reason. Western Union probably sees a lot of these, and smelled a rat when three different pronounciations of my name were used ;).
Oddly enough, all this one has been used for recently is to pay for my ISP and Amazon stuff.
100 lb bag Purina Lion Chow
Fill up on Jeep
New Loincloth at Ralph Lauren's Jungle Shop
Ben & Jerry's banana walnut ice cream
As they were impersonating my identity to gain services, this was a crime against me (UK law, YMMV) and my bank wouldn't refund me the money until I'd got a crime reference number for the police. Getting this number was a lesson to me in why subsidiarism (as opposed to centralisation) is a bad thing: the number was swiped in Hertfordshire, but used in a train station in London. Neither Thames Valley, London Metropolitan or British Transport police were quite sure whose crime it was.
I've only had one fraudulent transaction, and it was from someone ordering Clinique products sent to a dorm here on campus. (Not a master criminal, the charges were IIRC under $50.) The card company discarded the charge, cancelled the account, and sent me a new card. I filed a police report, since the products were sent to a local address, but nothing legal ever happened, although the student did get a visit from the po-leece and a stern warning. I'm sure she was a local waitress who got it off a meal I charged, and I have a sneaking suspicion where she worked.
I hope that this is the end of it, although I do think the credit reports are a good idea.