I was checking the CC transactions this morning on line, as I do most days,
and I noticed 5 charges from Amazon for $9.57 plus one for $10.47 over the last couple of days
I asked DW if she had charged anything and she said no. The charges all had a reference ID so we called Amazon who eventually put us through to a guy in the fraud department, as those charges were on neither of our Amazon accounts.
The fraud guy asked if I knew anyone called H**** and I said no. He said that maybe it was a typo on the CC number as the person had had an account with them for some time. Then he said, oh,oh, the only charges on this account are the ones you are reporting now, so I've frozen the Amazon account and you need to contact the CC company and cancel the card.
We've been on the road for 6 weeks now, so plenty of opportunity for the card details to have been stolen in cafe's, hotels etc. Smart of the thief to create an Amazon A/C some weeks ahead of time, and with the figures being so exact I'm guessing they were buying music or something that does not need a shipping address. Penfed scanning tools would not detect a problem as we do buy from Amazon regularly. (last time the card details were stolen it was Penfed who spotted it and called me the very day someone tried to make a purchase over the internet for ~$300)
We carry a couple of backups, and the Penfed card is not the one where all the automated bills get paid so no hassle on that score. (unlike last time).
and I noticed 5 charges from Amazon for $9.57 plus one for $10.47 over the last couple of days
I asked DW if she had charged anything and she said no. The charges all had a reference ID so we called Amazon who eventually put us through to a guy in the fraud department, as those charges were on neither of our Amazon accounts.
The fraud guy asked if I knew anyone called H**** and I said no. He said that maybe it was a typo on the CC number as the person had had an account with them for some time. Then he said, oh,oh, the only charges on this account are the ones you are reporting now, so I've frozen the Amazon account and you need to contact the CC company and cancel the card.
We've been on the road for 6 weeks now, so plenty of opportunity for the card details to have been stolen in cafe's, hotels etc. Smart of the thief to create an Amazon A/C some weeks ahead of time, and with the figures being so exact I'm guessing they were buying music or something that does not need a shipping address. Penfed scanning tools would not detect a problem as we do buy from Amazon regularly. (last time the card details were stolen it was Penfed who spotted it and called me the very day someone tried to make a purchase over the internet for ~$300)
We carry a couple of backups, and the Penfed card is not the one where all the automated bills get paid so no hassle on that score. (unlike last time).