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Jeremy
post Jan 16 2012, 11:18 AM
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Yep.


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So I get a message in my "other" messages on Facebook the other day, which means someone not on my friends list, from this guy:

https://www.facebook.com/loveforht

Don't know him from a load of coal since he lives in Vietnam of all places, but he's messaged me basically saying "Hey Jeremy, here's your home address information, please confirm". I ask what's going on and what this is in regards to, and he pulls out even MORE information. Cell phone number, debit card number except for the last two digits (XX), card expiration date, card security number. When I ask him what's going on and where he got the information, he proceeds to tell me he's trying to figure out the reason my information was published online I guess, and keeps insisting I need to check my records for transaction with an online shopping website for 4/27/2011. When I say I don't really use my debit card for shopping online much, he keeps pursuing the April thing repeatedly, expanding the date parameters.

I've called and deactivated my debit card by this point, the lady on the phone did say there might be a suspicious charge attempt for Google, since I don't use that for anything finance-related. I keep pressing the guy about who he is, and why this is any of his business. He keeps pressing for wanting to know about any shopping done in my April records, which really only include some Paypal deposits into my account, and one with Fun Publications/transformersclub.com. That one was listed as charged on the 29th in my online account records, but the actual transaction could have happened on the 27th for all I know.

He still fails to tell me what's going on, or why he's so interested, so I told him thanks for the heads up on the card security issue but that we're done as far as I'm concerned. I kind of feel like I need to report this to Facebook, the authorities, or both, but I'm not sure how to go about that at all. Figured there's a pretty big experience pool here at the Allspark, so wanted to see what people think.

I've gone ahead and contacted Fun Pub about this.

This post has been edited by Jeremy: Jan 16 2012, 11:27 AM


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Kalidor
post Jan 16 2012, 06:09 PM
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Get some!


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That's what I thought but I didn't want to say because I wasn't sure. I remember being worried something like this could happen.
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Jeremy   Potential Credit Card Security Issue   Jan 16 2012, 11:18 AM
ultra magnus13   QUOTE(Jeremy @ Jan 16 2012, 03:18 PM) So ...   Jan 16 2012, 02:04 PM
Benbot   Do you have identity theft insurance? Reading thi...   Jan 16 2012, 02:14 PM
Jeremy   No identity theft insurance. When I call about ge...   Jan 16 2012, 03:31 PM
Dissever   QUOTE(Jeremy @ Jan 16 2012, 03:31 PM) No ...   Jan 16 2012, 05:01 PM
^0^CORVUS^o^   When was your last transaction at the club site? T...   Jan 16 2012, 04:08 PM
Jeremy   QUOTE(^0^CORVUS^o^ @ Jan 16 2012, 09:08 P...   Jan 16 2012, 05:21 PM
BlitzwingHaz   The bank will be able to pull up more details on y...   Jan 16 2012, 04:38 PM
^0^CORVUS^o^   Ugh, yeah. In future, unless FunPub improves the...   Jan 16 2012, 05:35 PM
Kalidor   Wasn't there a situation a while back where so...   Jan 16 2012, 05:47 PM
Engledogg   QUOTEWasn't there a situation a while back whe...   Jan 16 2012, 05:56 PM
Kalidor   That's what I thought but I didn't want to...   Jan 16 2012, 06:09 PM
Jeremy   So I'm pretty well convinced that it's the...   Jan 16 2012, 09:37 PM
Spectre   Hrm.   Jan 16 2012, 10:49 PM
Lurkercon   If you want to renew, I'd go with Corvus' ...   Jan 17 2012, 02:29 AM
Cat   Unless the guy was trying to extort money from you...   Jan 17 2012, 05:32 AM
Jeremy   Well, the guy also refused to really give me any c...   Jan 17 2012, 11:10 AM
Robogeek1973   Well this is pretty scary as I just rejoined the c...   Jan 17 2012, 12:03 PM
Daytonus   every month, i go through and itemize everything o...   Jan 17 2012, 12:06 PM
Dake   Wow - this is pretty crazy. I think I joined the ...   Jan 17 2012, 01:06 PM
Galenraff   The number 1 thing to do to protect yourself is to...   Jan 17 2012, 03:07 PM
Cat   And don't get embarassed about querying a char...   Jan 17 2012, 04:00 PM
Ursa Magnus   I've had a similar incident just brought to my...   Jan 19 2012, 03:52 PM
Jeremy   QUOTE(Ursa Magnus @ Jan 19 2012, 08:52 PM...   Jan 19 2012, 05:10 PM
Wheelimus   Wow, that is not good AT ALL. Hope we can get some...   Jan 19 2012, 04:21 PM
Detour   Yikes, now I'm a bit worried about renewing my...   Jan 19 2012, 05:20 PM
Wheelimus   Yeah, I was days away from treating myself to a cl...   Jan 19 2012, 05:25 PM
radicaldeth   Chiming in. One of the CC was hit with fake charge...   Jan 19 2012, 05:35 PM
Jeremy   My membership expires at the beginning of next mon...   Jan 19 2012, 05:37 PM
Strafe   Really, all that's missing is a .midi file bla...   Jan 19 2012, 05:43 PM
Fortress Ironhold   If true, then this makes me even *less* interested...   Jan 19 2012, 05:44 PM
Jeremy   QUOTE(Fortress Ironhold @ Jan 19 2012, 10...   Jan 19 2012, 06:16 PM
Ursa Magnus   I spoke with the Club briefly, and they deny any b...   Jan 19 2012, 05:55 PM
C16   Aw, but I love those stories!   Jan 19 2012, 06:21 PM
*Deathblade   Que another one for believing this was fun pub. I ...   Jan 19 2012, 09:58 PM
Wheelimus   Wow. 4 and counting. Just here at The Allspark.   Jan 19 2012, 10:00 PM
radicaldeth   QUOTE(Wheelimus @ Jan 19 2012, 09:00 PM) ...   Jan 19 2012, 10:29 PM
^0^CORVUS^o^   I've carefully looked over my statement and I ...   Jan 19 2012, 11:42 PM
Quantumhawk   Well Pete posts here...I'm sure he'll resp...   Jan 19 2012, 11:52 PM
Cat   QUOTE(Quantumhawk @ Jan 19 2012, 11:52 PM...   Jan 20 2012, 02:51 AM
Quantumhawk   QUOTE(Cat @ Jan 20 2012, 01:51 AM) They m...   Jan 20 2012, 09:16 AM
Cat   QUOTE(Quantumhawk @ Jan 20 2012, 09:16 AM...   Jan 21 2012, 08:46 AM
Robogeek1973   I just checked my card and no problems as of yet *...   Jan 20 2012, 12:09 AM
Kalidor   Here's the thing guys -- the people who have y...   Jan 20 2012, 01:58 AM
wolfe   QUOTE(Kalidor @ Jan 20 2012, 12:58 AM) He...   Jan 26 2012, 08:25 PM
Engledogg   Cat, since you worked in banking, maybe you can an...   Jan 21 2012, 12:35 PM
Quantumhawk   QUOTE(Engledogg @ Jan 21 2012, 11:35 AM) ...   Jan 21 2012, 01:12 PM
Engledogg   Ah, gotcha...I used a credit card, so would that b...   Jan 21 2012, 01:30 PM
Quantumhawk   QUOTE(Engledogg @ Jan 21 2012, 12:30 PM) ...   Jan 22 2012, 12:10 AM
Spectre   I don't have the same card I had in April of l...   Jan 22 2012, 12:32 AM
Ursa Magnus   The fraudulent charge went through with my bank, s...   Jan 23 2012, 01:34 PM
Jeremy   Damn, sorry to hear that. I seem to have gotten t...   Jan 23 2012, 01:52 PM
Daytonus   QUOTE(Jeremy @ Jan 23 2012, 01:52 PM) Dam...   Jan 25 2012, 02:32 AM
Jeremy   QUOTE(Daytonus @ Jan 25 2012, 07:32 AM) Q...   Jan 25 2012, 10:53 AM
Galenraff   I think there's like a couple percent fee for ...   Jan 23 2012, 02:51 PM
Dissever   I am not sure that any vendors normally do, Galen....   Jan 23 2012, 03:07 PM
Galenraff   QUOTE(Dissever @ Jan 23 2012, 02:07 PM) I...   Jan 23 2012, 03:39 PM
^0^CORVUS^o^   Man, I really don't want to have to get replac...   Jan 23 2012, 03:10 PM
MrBlud   QUOTE(Dissever @ Jan 23 2012, 03:07 PM) I...   Jan 23 2012, 03:39 PM
^0^CORVUS^o^   Exactly Galen. Well said.   Jan 23 2012, 03:41 PM
Daytonus   paypal used to do temporary credit cards, until th...   Jan 25 2012, 12:25 PM
Nanite   I'm pretty much done with the club until they ...   Jan 25 2012, 04:17 PM
^0^CORVUS^o^   Same here. Unless they have a secure site set up b...   Jan 25 2012, 05:48 PM
Jeremy   Unfortunately toys mean more to me than taking a s...   Jan 25 2012, 05:50 PM
Aberration   Has everyone who's had problems been using the...   Jan 25 2012, 06:20 PM
^0^CORVUS^o^   Nope. This was my first dealing with them.   Jan 25 2012, 08:29 PM
Jeremy   Just a small, semi-related update on this. I sign...   Jan 30 2012, 03:32 PM
Nanite   If their front-end security is as poor as I think ...   Jan 30 2012, 03:54 PM
radicaldeth   QUOTE(Nanite @ Jan 30 2012, 02:54 PM) If ...   Jan 30 2012, 04:43 PM
Jeremy   Aaaand Entropay.com just closed my account, I gues...   Jan 30 2012, 04:49 PM
Nanite   QUOTE(Jeremy @ Jan 30 2012, 01:49 PM) Aaa...   Jan 30 2012, 05:17 PM
Jeremy   Just got a follow-up email claiming that it will b...   Jan 30 2012, 05:46 PM
Daytonus   whoa, they asked for all that jive? dang   Jan 30 2012, 06:23 PM
^0^CORVUS^o^   Wow. What jerks.   Jan 30 2012, 08:26 PM
Dake   From their Facebook: QUOTEJust to let everyone kn...   Feb 1 2012, 11:13 AM
Galenraff   That reads like they want us to feel they know wha...   Feb 1 2012, 11:36 AM
Nanite   QUOTE(Galenraff @ Feb 1 2012, 08:36 AM) T...   Feb 2 2012, 01:14 PM
^0^CORVUS^o^   I wish they'd answer some straight questions.   Feb 1 2012, 11:58 AM
Daytonus   It doesn't explain anything...although they sh...   Feb 1 2012, 12:09 PM
Specimen-17   Now I can't get the mental image of FP being t...   Feb 1 2012, 01:59 PM
Jeremy   Well, I guess since I didn't go in and change ...   Feb 4 2012, 12:50 PM
Kalidor   You could contact the seller.   Feb 4 2012, 01:00 PM
Jeremy   Good idea, I just sent the guy a head's up tha...   Feb 4 2012, 01:17 PM
Optimal-T   This is just one of the many reasons why I don...   Feb 4 2012, 07:51 PM
lostorbit   QUOTE(Optimal-T @ Feb 4 2012, 07:51 ...   Feb 6 2012, 05:32 PM
Daytonus   it's also easy for some weirdo to dig through ...   Feb 4 2012, 09:36 PM
Kalidor   Yeah.. I used to have trouble convincing people th...   Feb 4 2012, 11:13 PM
Jeremy   And I fully acknowledge that a major hunk of the b...   Feb 4 2012, 11:58 PM
Thylacine2000   TCC security problems, huh? In December someone g...   Feb 5 2012, 09:00 PM
Solarstorm   QUOTE(Thylacine2000 @ Feb 5 2012, 09:00 P...   Feb 6 2012, 11:37 PM
Dake   Do you keep your savings in checking, or are they ...   Feb 6 2012, 12:43 PM
Jeremy   They're actually linked. I moved most of my m...   Feb 6 2012, 04:45 PM
Dake   QUOTE(Jeremy @ Feb 6 2012, 03:45 PM) They...   Feb 8 2012, 06:20 PM
Kalidor   This is why I conduct all my business with beaver ...   Feb 6 2012, 06:35 PM
HeyMickey   QUOTE(Kalidor @ Feb 6 2012, 06:35 PM) Thi...   Feb 6 2012, 09:44 PM
BB Shockwave   Just reviewing this thread as Pete@BotCon made a p...   Feb 8 2012, 05:48 PM
Bug-Saw   So can we move this thread to TF Discussion now? B...   Feb 8 2012, 08:29 PM
Shattered   I don't follow your logic.   Feb 8 2012, 08:58 PM
Bug-Saw   QUOTE(Shattered @ Feb 8 2012, 10:28 PM) I...   Feb 8 2012, 09:20 PM
Shattered   QUOTE(Bug-Saw @ Feb 8 2012, 09:20 PM...   Feb 8 2012, 09:28 PM
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