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Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her credit
card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from Bestbuy.com.

Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and asked if
she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and recommended
that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card and have a new one
issued, which she did.

I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was apparently
done on-line.
I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order.

You have to be careful out there.

Eisboch

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Eisboch wrote:
Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her credit
card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from Bestbuy.com.

Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and asked if
she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and recommended
that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card and have a new one
issued, which she did.

I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was apparently
done on-line.
I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order.

You have to be careful out there.

Eisboch




Damn. I wonder if that Bentley convertible order will go through...


Good catch by Bestbuy...

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Eisboch wrote:
Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her credit
card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from Bestbuy.com.

Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and asked if
she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and recommended
that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card and have a new one
issued, which she did.

I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was apparently
done on-line.
I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order.

You have to be careful out there.

Eisboch



They always save the IP number of where the credit card order was
placed, but if they use a public access computer that does not require a
log in, they won't be able to track them down. That is why most public
library require you to log on before you use the computers.

I would think Best Buy could grab them when they come in to pick up the
computer.

I had someone write over $8000 worth of credit card checks to pay off
their credit card balance on a different card. Obviously they were
using a stolen credit card and were trying to keep it valid for awhile
longer. I have also had charges from Turkey and Eastern Europe appear
on my card.

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JimH wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her
credit card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from
Bestbuy.com.

Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and asked if
she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and recommended
that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card and have a new
one issued, which she did.

I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was apparently
done on-line.
I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order.

You have to be careful out there.

Eisboch


Best thing to do now is for your wife to file an alert with the 3 credit
reporting agencies.



I filed the fraud alert when I had the credit checks written. It was a
minor inconvenience for us when we tried to take advantage of a no
interest purchase, but well worth it not to have to have a big time ID
theft. The fraud alert will result in them turning down your credit the
first time, you will then need to talk the credit mgr. and have him
review your ID.

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On Oct 30, 6:27?am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her credit
card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from Bestbuy.com.

Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and asked if
she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and recommended
that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card and have a new one
issued, which she did.

I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was apparently
done on-line.
I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order.

You have to be careful out there.

Eisboch

They always save the IP number of where the credit card order was
placed, but if they use a public access computer that does not require a
log in, they won't be able to track them down. That is why most public
library require you to log on before you use the computers.

I would think Best Buy could grab them when they come in to pick up the
computer.

I had someone write over $8000 worth of credit card checks to pay off
their credit card balance on a different card. Obviously they were
using a stolen credit card and were trying to keep it valid for awhile
longer. I have also had charges from Turkey and Eastern Europe appear
on my card.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

When the charges from the bar and the "massage parlor" come through, I
always tell my wife that somebody must have stolen the card. Again.

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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:25:59 -0400, HK wrote:

Good catch by Bestbuy...

More likely a good catch by the credit card company. All of the major
card issuers have made big investments in early warning systems that
screen for unusual patterns of activity. It's a cost of doing
business, otherwise they'd be overwhelmed by fraud losses.

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:25:59 -0400, HK wrote:

Good catch by Bestbuy...

More likely a good catch by the credit card company. All of the major
card issuers have made big investments in early warning systems that
screen for unusual patterns of activity. It's a cost of doing
business, otherwise they'd be overwhelmed by fraud losses.


That's what I thought was unusual about this. It was Bestbuy.com that
called my wife.
They recommended calling the credit card company.

This happened to me a few years ago. Got a call one late morning at home
(in MA) from someone at Discover Card. They wanted to know if I was in West
Palm doing some serious shopping. Someone had reproduced a Discover Card
with my account number and had rung up over 8k worth of purchases that
morning.

Funny thing is, I don't think I ever used that card ... and still don't even
though they sent a new one with a different account number.

Eisboch

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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:32:45 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Someone had reproduced a Discover Card
with my account number and had rung up over 8k worth of purchases that
morning.

They should have caught it before it got that far, especially on a
card with prior low or no usage.

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Chuck Gould wrote:
On Oct 30, 6:27?am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her credit
card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from Bestbuy.com.
Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and asked if
she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and recommended
that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card and have a new one
issued, which she did.
I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was apparently
done on-line.
I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order.
You have to be careful out there.
Eisboch
They always save the IP number of where the credit card order was
placed, but if they use a public access computer that does not require a
log in, they won't be able to track them down. That is why most public
library require you to log on before you use the computers.

I would think Best Buy could grab them when they come in to pick up the
computer.

I had someone write over $8000 worth of credit card checks to pay off
their credit card balance on a different card. Obviously they were
using a stolen credit card and were trying to keep it valid for awhile
longer. I have also had charges from Turkey and Eastern Europe appear
on my card.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

When the charges from the bar and the "massage parlor" come through, I
always tell my wife that somebody must have stolen the card. Again.


That's my story and I am sticking to it.

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:25:59 -0400, HK wrote:

Good catch by Bestbuy...

More likely a good catch by the credit card company. All of the major
card issuers have made big investments in early warning systems that
screen for unusual patterns of activity. It's a cost of doing
business, otherwise they'd be overwhelmed by fraud losses.

Anytime my purchasing habits change, I always get a phone call from
Citibank.

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:25:59 -0400, HK wrote:

Good catch by Bestbuy...

More likely a good catch by the credit card company. All of the major
card issuers have made big investments in early warning systems that
screen for unusual patterns of activity. It's a cost of doing
business, otherwise they'd be overwhelmed by fraud losses.


I'd bet first on bestbuy.

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:25:59 -0400, HK wrote:

Good catch by Bestbuy...

More likely a good catch by the credit card company. All of the major
card issuers have made big investments in early warning systems that
screen for unusual patterns of activity. It's a cost of doing
business, otherwise they'd be overwhelmed by fraud losses.


That's what I thought was unusual about this. It was Bestbuy.com that
called my wife.
They recommended calling the credit card company.

This happened to me a few years ago. Got a call one late morning at home
(in MA) from someone at Discover Card. They wanted to know if I was in
West Palm doing some serious shopping. Someone had reproduced a Discover
Card with my account number and had rung up over 8k worth of purchases
that morning.

Funny thing is, I don't think I ever used that card ... and still don't
even though they sent a new one with a different account number.

Eisboch

Just racking up around $1K in gas, trailer repair & hotel bills last August
during my rendezvous adventure earned me a call from my credit card company.

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"Eisboch" wrote in
:

Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her
credit card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from
Bestbuy.com.

Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and
asked if she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and
recommended that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card
and have a new one issued, which she did.

I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was
apparently done on-line.
I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order.

You have to be careful out there.

Eisboch

It was the credit card company calling home last June,
wife took call, and was alerted to fact I was buying a boat ... :-(

I was putting a down payment on a boat in another town.
Can't get away with nothin these days :-)
Ron