https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 10:33:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-credit-card-fraud-watchout#post-247898 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:59:48 +0000 autumnlove 247898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: love the silver! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-credit-card-fraud-watchout#post-247811 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:49:25 +0000 PrincessBaby 247811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelingbrit: FL is so damn shady!!!</p> <p>@HeatherlovesKenny: That was our first bout with cc fraud 6 months ago! 2 $1500 plane tix! They even put their $25 baggage fees on our card!</p> <p>@autumnlove: Mica/silver! It is so pretty!!! I'm in awe of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-credit-card-fraud-watchout#post-247803 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:29:27 +0000 autumnlove 247803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fraud sucks! Thanks for the heads up!</p> <p>@jholler25: What color Vista did you buy? :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-credit-card-fraud-watchout#post-247748 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:49:10 +0000 HLK208 247748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ah, this happened with my card 2 weeks ago! $2000 airline purchase. Ugh. I didn't know how common it's been recently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-credit-card-fraud-watchout#post-247747 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:42:08 +0000 ChelseaRose 247747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this happen in January of this year. We looked at the sheriff's blotter in our local weekly newspaper and several other people reported similar things. We concluded that our card number was taken from a local gas station. It was a hassle, but luckily it was a credit card and not a bank card because we were never actually missing our money. It was a Bank of America card and they handled it all very well and caught it before I did. I do check my credit cards and bank statements online at least 2-3 times per week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-credit-card-fraud-watchout#post-247741 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:23:15 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 247741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelingbrit: omg scary!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-credit-card-fraud-watchout#post-247740 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:22:30 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 247740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: wow!! That's insane! When we were in Florida, we rented jet skis and our credit card company called and was like "someone in Florida is jet skiing with your money!!" &amp; we were like... Aww thanks but it's us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-credit-card-fraud-watchout#post-247584 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:21:44 +0000 wheres_c 247584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had this happen to us. We were in Peru and suddenly there was a $1000 charge for tires in Hialeah. We had visited IHOP earlier that day, and the server took forever with my card...so we think he skimmed it.</p> <p>I have USAA too! They rock! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-credit-card-fraud-watchout#post-247569 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:58:05 +0000 PrincessBaby 247569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Yeah, they're seriously awesome!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-credit-card-fraud-watchout#post-247567 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:57:21 +0000 chopsuey 247567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yikes! Thanks for the heads up! We bank with USAA too! (LOVE THEM!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/psa-credit-card-fraud-watchout#post-247548 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:37:56 +0000 PrincessBaby 247548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So for the second time in 6 months, our credit card number got stolen. We are with USAA, and although we are in Florida, somehow an in-store purchase was made with our credit card # today in Michigan for $1500. It went through, but it flagged our account since we've never made a purchase in Michigan, and USAA called me. I couldn't understand how someone could use our card in a store when our credit cards are in our possession. USAA said that there have been several major corporations that have been hacked into recently, and that millions of consumers' card numbers have been compromised and they have seen a major rash in the past several weeks of fraud. They said that these criminals get the card numbers from hacking these systems, then they make fake credit cards with the number on them, magnetic strip and everything. It's apparently a very high level thing! </p> <p>So just wanted to share with everyone to monitor your cards here and there and just make sure nothing looks suspicious, since this is apparently occurring more right now. I am totally guilty of not looking at our bank account or our credit card until it's time to pay the bill and if USAA wasn't so fabulous, I would have definitely missed this for a few weeks!</p> <p>As we went through the recent charges, I really wished I could not claim the $650 PishPoshBaby charge for 1 Uppa Baby Vista....But I'm no criminal, so I claimed it:( </p>