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akita_inu · 29-05-2007, 06:43 PM

I've just had a call from my bank, asking me if I was trying to use my Visa card to buy £1,000 plus worth of computer equipment from Dabs .... !!!!!

Needless to say I screamed quietly & said no ... (didn't say I'd stopped buying from Dabs when they got expensive ..

) ....

This is only the second card this has happened with, and it's twice within twelve months .... has anyone else noticed an increase in fraud? Anything to do with chip & pin perhaps?

acidtechno · 29-05-2007, 07:02 PM

again?

sorry to hear...

remember I said I was a victim 1-2 months ago, that was a purchase for probably computer equipment too, not at dabs though.

I did use dabs to buy something recently, and they have a new protection in place for maestro cards (and probably others), MasterCard SecureCode, which offers extra protection when a card is used to make purchases, all stores should use it!

I think the protection is voluntary at first though if I remember rightly, so someone can probably bypass that protection if the real user has never shopped with a store that uses it.

akita_inu · 29-05-2007, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acidtechno

I did use dabs to buy something recently, and they have a new protection in place for maestro cards (and probably others), MasterCard SecureCode, which offers extra protection when a card is used to make purchases, all stores should use it!

I think the protection is voluntary at first though if I remember rightly, so someone can probably bypass that protection if the real user has never shopped with a store that uses it.

I think maybe Visa's got something similar - but it's not common yet & has caused some controversy by appearing as a pop-up while on-line shopping; similar to some phishing / scam pop-ups ... !

kmount · 29-05-2007, 07:49 PM

Had they said Ebay I'd have blamed it on your alternate personality.

akita_inu · 29-05-2007, 07:54 PM

hee hee ... !!!

kmount · 29-05-2007, 07:57 PM

In fact thats probably why they phoned. They were confused why you were buying from dabs instead of ebay users. - Thats how they work out fraud for you!

akita_inu · 29-05-2007, 08:02 PM

.... mmm ... no ebay no sale .... !!!

acidtechno · 29-05-2007, 08:02 PM

at dabs it was a window inside the page.

rpgraham · 29-05-2007, 08:31 PM

I thought it was just me as I've had the phone call from two credit card companies within the last month. One card having been used in Argos for £700 and another card used on i-tunes (twice) for £1.00 each.

Everything fully resolved but two credit cards with NIL balances and not used for months being the victim of fraud within such a short space of time seems so wrong.

akita_inu · 29-05-2007, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rpgraham

Everything fully resolved but two credit cards with NIL balances and not used for months being the victim of fraud within such a short space of time seems so wrong.

Strange ... if it was just one then maybe it could have been a fluke - someone just producing random numbers, but two ... ?!

John · 29-05-2007, 11:07 PM

We've had it here, my mum had hers used for plane tickets to America the other month, we dont even own passports!!! So what good were they to us, anyway, I do think its on the up

29-05-2007, 06:43 PM	#1
akita_inu Tiscali User Admin Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Trentham Posts: 540 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Card Fraud ... !! I've just had a call from my bank, asking me if I was trying to use my Visa card to buy £1,000 plus worth of computer equipment from Dabs .... !!!!! Needless to say I screamed quietly & said no ... (didn't say I'd stopped buying from Dabs when they got expensive .. ) .... This is only the second card this has happened with, and it's twice within twelve months .... has anyone else noticed an increase in fraud? Anything to do with chip & pin perhaps? __________________ Rachel TiscaliUser team member

29-05-2007, 07:54 PM	#5
akita_inu Tiscali User Admin Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Trentham Posts: 540 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	hee hee ... !!! __________________ Rachel TiscaliUser team member

29-05-2007, 08:02 PM	#7
akita_inu Tiscali User Admin Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Trentham Posts: 540 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	.... mmm ... no ebay no sale .... !!! __________________ Rachel TiscaliUser team member

29-05-2007, 11:07 PM	#11
John Tiscali User Team Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Yorkshire Dales Posts: 688 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	We've had it here, my mum had hers used for plane tickets to America the other month, we dont even own passports!!! So what good were they to us, anyway, I do think its on the up __________________ John Tiscali User Team Netgear DG834G v2 Wifi-Router Sync'd at 6.0MBit 20GB Capped F2S Cascade Custom Built Lian-Li Fish Tank powered PC! *********************************** Life is greener now were Tiscali User.**

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29-05-2007, 07:02 PM	#2
acidtechno Tiscali User Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kent, England Posts: 1,646 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	again? sorry to hear... remember I said I was a victim 1-2 months ago, that was a purchase for probably computer equipment too, not at dabs though. I did use dabs to buy something recently, and they have a new protection in place for maestro cards (and probably others), MasterCard SecureCode, which offers extra protection when a card is used to make purchases, all stores should use it! I think the protection is voluntary at first though if I remember rightly, so someone can probably bypass that protection if the real user has never shopped with a store that uses it.

29-05-2007, 07:49 PM	#4
kmount Forum Ninja Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 5,370 Thanks: 3 Thanked 20 Times in 19 Posts	Had they said Ebay I'd have blamed it on your alternate personality.

29-05-2007, 07:57 PM	#6
kmount Forum Ninja Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 5,370 Thanks: 3 Thanked 20 Times in 19 Posts	In fact thats probably why they phoned. They were confused why you were buying from dabs instead of ebay users. - Thats how they work out fraud for you!

29-05-2007, 08:31 PM	#9
rpgraham Tiscali User Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I thought it was just me as I've had the phone call from two credit card companies within the last month. One card having been used in Argos for £700 and another card used on i-tunes (twice) for £1.00 each. Everything fully resolved but two credit cards with NIL balances and not used for months being the victim of fraud within such a short space of time seems so wrong.

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