edd_t Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Just got my Credit Card statement through for April. Someone has done a balance transfer of £5800 out of my account!!!!! Thing is this card cant have been cloned because I never use it in shops! So can only presume they got my details from an ebay/paypal transaction!!! Been on hold to the credit card company now for 20 mins and havnt spoken to anyone! To tell the truth im sh!tting myself a bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mk47 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 damn £5800! you will get it back though im sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra matt Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 it should say where it come from mate so just ring the other company up and see whats going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 on dear mate thats not good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 im through to a non-english call centre! grrrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Credit Card company should have phoned you to verify an amount like that, mine does quite regular, like when I spent 1.6k with Dusty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 OMG im through to fraud! and £1200 was taken out 2 days ago!!! this is getting serious!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 they've put a block on my card now, no more transactions can be done whilst being investigated, but that can apparently take up to 2 weeks!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 shit mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntD Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Thats pretty grim.Its bloody awful what these scammers are getting up to:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Mine took a few weeks. This seems to be getting so common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 apparently the money has been transferd into a Capital 1 account. so im guessing there are gonna have those persons details. But it now means I've gotta cancel all my cards and get new ones. As there is someone out there that knows ALL my details! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 This why I ditched all my credit cards last year!! It can be a bit of an inconvenience not having them but there are that may fraudsters and scammers I would rather use cash or debit cards only when needed. I hav internet banking at home and check my account every 48 hours or so! Hope you get sorted mate! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Thats horrible, hope you get it sorted very soon:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Shit!, hope this gets sorted out all ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phillw454 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Sh*t!! Very scary. Hope you get it sorted. If its gone into a bank they must be able to track the person and where and when they made the transaction etc. Did you use the car at any petrol stations? I know im never going to use my card again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 This why I ditched all my credit cards last year!! It can be a bit of an inconvenience not having them but there are that may fraudsters and scammers I would rather use cash or debit cards only when needed. I hav internet banking at home and check my account every 48 hours or so! Hope you get sorted mate! H. annoyingly i only had £57 left on that CC to pay! then i was gonna cancel it! this has sooooooooo p'd me off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 Sh*t!! Very scary. Hope you get it sorted. If its gone into a bank they must be able to track the person and where and when they made the transaction etc. Did you use the car at any petrol stations? I know im never going to use my card again! no i havnt used this card for anything apart from Paypal transactions for the last 12 months! and before that i only had it for the 0% balance transfer. so my suspision is that its one of the paypal people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Try not to worry about it, you have fraud protection and it will get sorted out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotasuprauk Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 There is so much fraud going on by these low life scammers and the problem is the police nor the banks are probably investigating it so they are just getting away with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mas Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Damn thats bad mate, but you re safe with credit cards really so no worries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 thats good to know. i guess its another one of them 'it wont happen to me' situations! im off to buy a paper shredder this weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Ow! That's real bad news Edd. At least you'll get it back though. And hopefully the scally will get caught with the bank details available. I started shredding all stuff with any details on about 2 years ago but I still check my accounts on-line every week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted May 31, 2007 Author Share Posted May 31, 2007 WOOHOO Its all sorted. The bank have put back £6850 into the account. Havnt heard anything else yet about whats happend. Apparently a letter is in the post about it. Time to pay off the balance and close the account me thinks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 WOOHOO Its all sorted. The bank have put back £6850 into the account. Havnt heard anything else yet about whats happend. Apparently a letter is in the post about it. Time to pay off the balance and close the account me thinks! Time to get shut mate!! Credit cards are becoming a liability, although you get refunded I bet you will agree that the experience has not been a good one! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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