That's right. Someone used my name to purchase $500 of golf equipment. I called the bank and they said I needed to first call the company that charged my card. The company, of course, told me I needed to handle it with my bank. I pushed the customer service agent
This is so frustrating.
It's the card that Kyle keeps in his wallet and we use it when we're out and about. He checked and he still has the card, so it wasn't stolen. And to those of you who are fearful to use credit or debit cards online . . . please know that this card is the one that is never used online. Seriously, the internet is the safest place to use a credit card, as long as the site is secure (which most reputable sites are).
Think about it . . . when you pay at a restaurant, the waiter disappears with your card for 5 - 10 minutes. He could totally write all of your information down. In person transactions are the only times when actual humans handle your information.
It's exactly how I feel about paying for things online, too. Online, I put my bank account info in, it's encrypted and no one at the given business really sees any of it. If I send a check, there's an actual human being who at least takes the check out of the envelope and has access to ALL of my checking information.
I had this happen one other time about 8 or 9 years ago on my credit card. The information was stolen by a gas station attendent who told me he had to manually fill out a credit card slip because the machine wasn't working. That may have been true, but he also kept the information for himself and proceeded to purchase a cell phone and ring up quite a bill . . . pardon the pun.
Ok, I'm going to try and and get my mind off of this and on to something else.
4 comments:
ugh...that's awful!
i, too, feel much more secure shopping online with all of the encryption, etc. vs. at a store.
i hope you get this sorted out quickly.
sorry. that's all i can think to say.
THAT STINKS!!! I totally agree with you that internet transactions are safer, vs. restaurant transactions. At one time, I was going to become better about using cash at restaurants for that very reason, but I'm such a credit card only girl that I haven't done very well with the cash thing. And I HATE using checks. HeLLOOOO, your routing & account numbers are RIGHT THERE FOR ANYONE TO SEE!!! Fortunately I only have to write 2 checks a month. My country water company is totally in the dark ages....I have to check my own meter and mail them all the figures, so I CAN'T do it online and it stinks. Anyway, I hope you get your $$ back!!
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