tmm99
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This is what happened.
Someone somehow logged into my amazon account and ordered an expensive cell phone. This person did 1 day shipping and fortunately (for me), this person picked a credit card (stored in my amazon account but you can only see the last 4 digits and each credit card is attached to an address - my home address in my case - and you cannot change the shipping address to something else without entering new credit card information.) that had already been cancelled.
Amazon sends emails to you when you order with Amazon, but I didn't read this particular Amazon email until 2 days later. Then I also realized that I received an email saying my card declined and I needed to fix the problem so they could send me this cell phone I supposedly ordered.
I never ordered this cell phone. I realized that someone might have hacked into my amazon account, so I changed my password immediately and removed valid cards from my account.
Anyway, the thing is... I am now a bit afraid... This order was addressed to be shipped to MY address with 1 day shipping. Does this thief live near me?? Was he/she thinking of coming to the front door of my house the next day and pick up the package??
One strange thing is that I did have a valid credit card on top of the list. He/she could have picked this one instead, and because I didn't notice the amazon emails, he could have come to my house the next day, find a package at the door and just picked it up! Why did he choose the credit card number listed below the good one?
Anyway, my biggest question I have is this.... If I had read my amazon emails in time, it would have been possible for me to have someone stake my front door and catch the thief in action when he/she came to my door to pick up the package. Who would you call for something like that? I was thinking I could call the police, but which department? Would they actually do something for a thief stealing my credit card information to buy a cell phone worth just a few hundred bucks?
tmm
Someone somehow logged into my amazon account and ordered an expensive cell phone. This person did 1 day shipping and fortunately (for me), this person picked a credit card (stored in my amazon account but you can only see the last 4 digits and each credit card is attached to an address - my home address in my case - and you cannot change the shipping address to something else without entering new credit card information.) that had already been cancelled.
Amazon sends emails to you when you order with Amazon, but I didn't read this particular Amazon email until 2 days later. Then I also realized that I received an email saying my card declined and I needed to fix the problem so they could send me this cell phone I supposedly ordered.
I never ordered this cell phone. I realized that someone might have hacked into my amazon account, so I changed my password immediately and removed valid cards from my account.
Anyway, the thing is... I am now a bit afraid... This order was addressed to be shipped to MY address with 1 day shipping. Does this thief live near me?? Was he/she thinking of coming to the front door of my house the next day and pick up the package??
One strange thing is that I did have a valid credit card on top of the list. He/she could have picked this one instead, and because I didn't notice the amazon emails, he could have come to my house the next day, find a package at the door and just picked it up! Why did he choose the credit card number listed below the good one?
Anyway, my biggest question I have is this.... If I had read my amazon emails in time, it would have been possible for me to have someone stake my front door and catch the thief in action when he/she came to my door to pick up the package. Who would you call for something like that? I was thinking I could call the police, but which department? Would they actually do something for a thief stealing my credit card information to buy a cell phone worth just a few hundred bucks?
tmm