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Weird Fraud
« on: May 15, 2012, 12:03:53 AM »
I received a call from Chase fraud dept. over Shabbos with a voice message to call them.
Turns out there was some fraudulent activity on my wife's Sapphire Preferred. A charge for $19.95 from "Experian". They provided me with the merchant's phone number which is 877-297-7790, so far I haven't been able to get through to them, so I don't even know if they are the real Experian but I doubt it.

My wife's Sapphire Preferred has been dormant for a few months now, except when this past Friday I entered for the Hyatt Platinum Trial. The fraudulent transaction has been done on the same day.. Maybe coincidence maybe not...

Watch out.

Anyone else with same/similar experience?
 
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2012, 12:07:33 AM »
You may have signed up for some free credit monitoring service a while back, and after the free trial ends you get billed automatically.
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2012, 12:07:48 AM »
Quote from: txtmax4 on May 15, 2012, 12:03:53 AM
I received a call from Chase fraud dept. over Shabbos with a voice message to call them.
Turns out there was some fraudulent activity on my wife's Sapphire Preferred. A charge for $19.95 from "Experian". They provided me with the merchant's phone number which is 877-297-7790, so far I haven't been able to get through to them, so I don't even know if they are the real Experian but I doubt it.

My wife's Sapphire Preferred has been dormant for a few months now, except when this past Friday I entered for the Hyatt Platinum Trial. The fraudulent transaction has been done on the same day.. Maybe coincidence maybe not...

Watch out.

Anyone else with same/similar experience?

appears to be creditreport.com

http://www.creditreport.com/Message.aspx?PageTypeID=FAQ&WT.svl=privacy


and you don't appear to be the first one with this problem

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-297-7790

amazing what google is capable of :)
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2012, 12:16:17 AM »
Quote from: bubbles on May 15, 2012, 12:07:48 AM
appears to be creditreport.com

http://www.creditreport.com/Message.aspx?PageTypeID=FAQ&WT.svl=privacy


and you don't appear to be the first one with this problem

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-877-297-7790

amazing what google is capable of :)
I meant to ask if anyone on DDF had the issue, and I did see reports of it being linked to a scam upon Googling the phone number but didn't come up with creditreport.com.
Weird how they used it for such a small charge though..
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2012, 01:39:44 AM »
people tend to miss the small charges thinking it is legit and just has a funny name with the cc company
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2012, 04:25:15 AM »
i have another thing on my European Mastercard, which I don't use for american transactions:

AGNT FEE CONVENIENT TRUS                               $657.00

Any idea anyone?
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2012, 09:30:04 AM »
I just got a call from Chase Sapphire, there was a charge on my card from some interesting auto parts website for $200 and change.....amazing they caught it!
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2012, 10:55:16 AM »
Quote from: Smartypantz on May 15, 2012, 09:30:04 AM
I just got a call from Chase Sapphire, there was a charge on my card from some interesting auto parts website for $200 and change.....amazing they caught it!
Did you do the Hyatt Platinum Trial?
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2012, 12:06:52 PM »
Nope!
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2012, 01:23:46 AM »
Update on this: I called the merchant and the Indonesian rep said that they do not require name or CCV to order with them so the customer made a mistake when typing in the CC #...
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2012, 01:55:38 AM »
Quote from: txtmax4 on May 22, 2012, 01:23:46 AM
Update on this: I called the merchant and the Indonesian rep said that they do not require name or CCV to order with them so the customer made a mistake when typing in the CC #...

Idiots. Though he'd have to make at least two errors (or transpose two digits) to get a different valid CC number.
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2012, 02:36:09 AM »
Quote from: AsherO on May 22, 2012, 01:55:38 AM
Idiots. Though he'd have to make at least two errors (or transpose two digits) to get a different valid CC number.
I still think it may have gotten stolen when I entered the number for the Hyatt Platinum Trial which, by the way, I'm trying to log in with the ID I created to no avail (did receive confirmation email about the plat status)...
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2012, 02:40:46 AM »
Quote from: txtmax4 on May 22, 2012, 02:36:09 AM
I still think it may have gotten stolen when I entered the number for the Hyatt Platinum Trial which, by the way, I'm trying to log in with the ID I created to no avail (did receive confirmation email about the plat status)...

Hmmm, fake page for Hyatt platnum signup? What link did you use?
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2012, 02:45:40 AM »
Quote from: AsherO on May 22, 2012, 02:40:46 AM
Hmmm, fake page for Hyatt platnum signup? What link did you use?
DD main page.
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #14 on: May 22, 2012, 02:55:21 AM »
Quote from: txtmax4 on May 22, 2012, 02:45:40 AM
DD main page.

cdcservices.com, it's a domain owned by a hotel-marketing company. I guess it could be hacked. I wonder if the site was secure (https)...

(Dan's link was https, but now it's redirecting to an unsecure page)
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Re: Weird Fraud
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2012, 03:25:52 AM »
Quote from: AsherO on May 22, 2012, 02:55:21 AM
cdcservices.com, it's a domain owned by a hotel-marketing company. I guess it could be hacked. I wonder if the site was secure (https)...

(Dan's link was https, but now it's redirecting to an unsecure page)
I'm thinking it's that because, as I mentioned in OP, the CC was quite dormant for a few months until that that, and on that same day the fraudulent charge was put through..
BTW, any idea why my Hyatt ID won't work even though I got an email confirmation from Hyatt?
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