kirbenvost wrote:Loki God Of Mischief wrote:kirbenvost wrote:Well, for the record this won't stop me from buying for TFsource. It will, however, make me a little more careful about using my credit card online.
I actually called my credit card company about that $1 iTunes charge and they weren't very helpful. The guy told me it was probably what I'd originally thought, and doubted that they'd claim $1. Sounded pretty condescending the whole time too.
I explained to mine that it was the result of a site that I shop on being hacked, me finding out from a friend and a news report and that the first part of the scam was the $1 charge to see if the card was active, then the second part was to rape the account until it's closed. The guy I talked to was really helpful once I explained that and after he verified I'm who I said I was he canceled the card, said that a new one would ship tomorrow and take two days (probably business days so Monday or Tuesday at the latest) and said I'd be getting a new card number and password. It sucks that the guy you talked to was a jerk.
I think I've spoken to the same guy in the past...if so, according to him airlines also apparently routinely charge you twice for your ticket but only claim one of the charges. That caused me to exceed my credit limit, and all I could do was wait until the unclaimed charge dropped off. Never heard of that before. Ridiculous.
I didn't ask to cancel my card, only that I was reporting an unauthorized transaction. The most he could say was that there isn't much they can do at this point. Hopefully it doesn't turn out for the worst.
Oh, I did remove all my credit card information from iTunes though. I googled it and it seems to be a very common scam in the past couple of years. Somehow they hack your iTunes account and rip you off for hundreds of dollars worth of downloads or gift cards.
I don't even have itunes. So it was pretty obvious that there was something up. I don't pay to download music.