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Send me your transmission! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 23,002 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
Hey all,
This may be nothing, but I found some illegal activity on my bank account. The first two charges were to a company that I can not verrify even exists, Mesopia.com. Their customer service line is actually a hair salon in OK and has been for over 1yr. The number attached to the transaction is some chicks cell phone number in OK, 405-641-8251 her name is Madonna and she does not return calls (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) So I tried to email customer service to no avail. Then, last night, I found two new charges on my card for porn sites. The least they could have done would be to provide me with the passwords for the sites I was paying for (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) Why does this matter to all of you? Great question. Because I found out about the other charges via bills emailed to my email address! I have my now cancelled card in my posession and think that maybe the perp hacked into some businesses computer and got my info. Since I only buy parts on line with my card at Pelican, GPR, and similar places like you good folks, I was thinking that you may be at risk as well. What made me also think this is that the info on the account was out dated. They used my CA address. I hope that I am the only one with this problem, but I would like to know if anyone else has had similar reacently. Maybe we can pin point which site got hacked, if one did. Any other ideas how this could have happened? |
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Turbo Megasquirted Subaru Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,827 Joined: 7-April 03 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 530 Region Association: Northern California ![]() |
Someone hacking your computer to get your card info is not the most likely way they got your information - it is just one of many.
The truth is that there are a gazillion ways to get that information; the most trivial of which is to simply guess it. Think about it - to run a card - most of what you need is a 16 digit number (which has self verification built in making it even easier to guess) and an expiry date. |
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