Posted by RobertJM on 11/11/07 19:00

"Trust No One�" <dana.scully@usa.xnet> wrote in message
news:5pos5qFs8d6pU1@mid.individual.net...
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've had a ring out of the blue today from the fraud department of one of
> my credit cards.
>
> The call was wrt to number of suspicious transactions that had been made
> to the card.
>
> I hadn't used the card for a while, other than a month back where I
> placed a software order with Handango.com. However about 5 days ago I
> updated my account at Play.com with details of the card, but did not place
> on order.
>
> According to the fraud department a number of transactions have been
> attempted including purchases at Play.com (hmmmm!) and Air France among
> others.
>
> They have cancelled the card and will be sending me a new one along with a
> dispute form in case earlier transactions slip through the Net.
>
> Now I only place online orders from my trusted home PC, run regular AV and
> Spyware updates etc and cross shred any documents going into the garbage.
> I'm leaning towards the assumption that either Play.com or Handango.com
> has been compromised.
>
> Googling has no shown up any issues with Handango.com, however Play.com
> and "credit card fraud" are not exactly unrelated terms in the past. I
> would have hoped they have tightened security but I find it a bit of a
> coincidence that these unauthorised transactions happened shortly after I
> added my card to my Play account.
>
> Has anyone on the newsroup had any recent Play.com issues? I guess I was
> lucky in that I rarely used the card in question so the transactions stuck
> out like a sore thumb.
>
>
> --
> Peter <X-Files fan>
>
Sounds like a dodgy phone call to me , how would they know they were
suspicious? Have the payments actually been taken? as you said attempted
transactions, why would they be stopped unless you notified them?

I would phone the credit card company to confirm this first.

Also did you update your details at Play via an email(dodgy) request rather
than at the site?


--
RobertJM

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