Just wanted to share a sad experience for others to use caution.
A friend mentioned that TheMakoGroup.com had 30rnd AR15 mags for sale and in stock, so I thought, even though my canoe doesn't shoot AR15 ammo, it might be a decent investment at $19/each to buy a few.
Well, I used a credit card I've not used for 4 months+ (since I paid it off) and made a purchase on their website yesterday before heading off for work. This morning at 08:02 local time the credit card provider I used for that purchase called me to inform me of the following fraud charges placed on my account last night, 1/4:
- $1800 to an escort service in NYC
- $400 to BestBuy.com, which the merchant returned due to incorrect information in the validation process -- this alerted the credit company to fraud
- $27 to some "OurTime" dating site
Again, this card hasn't been used in 4 months+, and the FIRST charge ran then resulted in rampant fraud immediately after. I could be all wrong here, and the credit company said they didn't have any information on wrong doing with this merchant, but my suspicions were probably correct.
Just wanted to share with everyone to protect yourself, or set a limit AND date on those virtual credit cards, and not just a time period.
-MearKAt
A friend mentioned that TheMakoGroup.com had 30rnd AR15 mags for sale and in stock, so I thought, even though my canoe doesn't shoot AR15 ammo, it might be a decent investment at $19/each to buy a few.
Well, I used a credit card I've not used for 4 months+ (since I paid it off) and made a purchase on their website yesterday before heading off for work. This morning at 08:02 local time the credit card provider I used for that purchase called me to inform me of the following fraud charges placed on my account last night, 1/4:
- $1800 to an escort service in NYC
- $400 to BestBuy.com, which the merchant returned due to incorrect information in the validation process -- this alerted the credit company to fraud
- $27 to some "OurTime" dating site
Again, this card hasn't been used in 4 months+, and the FIRST charge ran then resulted in rampant fraud immediately after. I could be all wrong here, and the credit company said they didn't have any information on wrong doing with this merchant, but my suspicions were probably correct.
Just wanted to share with everyone to protect yourself, or set a limit AND date on those virtual credit cards, and not just a time period.
-MearKAt