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CREDIT CARD FRAUD WARNING
I have been tracking illegal and fraudulent activies on my credit card (which I use to accept payments from paypal) for a week.

I have been wrongfully charged over $500 on seperate seemingly random charges from both US and Indian compaines (as well as a Swiss Clearning Account) since June 24th.

I have notified the fraud squad at visa/my bank.

I only deal with reputable companies, so be warned! I would rather not say which one I am suspecting until I know for sure, but I'll give you one guess.




FOR MY CUSTOMERS:

I will not be able to accept payment until I can get a replacement method of payment setup (I am looking at 1-2 weeks for this to happen).

In the mean time if you wish to buy one of my plug-ins, contact me and I will arrange something.




Thanks very much.


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Ian: Jul 4, 2002, 12:42 PM
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Re: [Ian] CREDIT CARD FRAUD WARNING In reply to
MY CUSTOMERS (UPDATE):

I have enough protection and assurances now to continue to accept payments in the normal fashion. (I just can't collect the payments). But if you wish to buy a plug-in, then you can continue to pay - safely -by normal means. If you have any questions, just message me.

Thanks


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Re: [Ian] CREDIT CARD FRAUD WARNING In reply to
I've lost a good few hundred $$$'s to this, as well as loosing some in fee's that PayPal charged me cos I had fraudulat purchases going through! Doh!

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Re: [Andy] CREDIT CARD FRAUD WARNING In reply to
That is pretty rotton of Paypal! They should not have charged you.

I actually phoned them up yesterday to try and straighten a few things out.

Sorry to here you were a victim also!


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Re: [Ian] CREDIT CARD FRAUD WARNING In reply to
Now you see why I stopped development for Paypal.

Also, ebay is buying paypal, which means even more problems, since ebay is more arbitrary than any other company out there, and I wonder how they will adapt to the strong federal banking regulations??


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Re: [pugdog] CREDIT CARD FRAUD WARNING In reply to
The cost of doing your own payment processing in Canada is obscene to say the least. The alternatives are few, and costly.

I see a market opening up for a pay-pal competitor here, especially in light of the ebay aquisition.


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Re: [Ian] CREDIT CARD FRAUD WARNING In reply to
Watch what Yahoo! does relative to payment processing. Whoever they go with will be the next payment beast on the net.
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Re: [Teambldr] CREDIT CARD FRAUD WARNING In reply to
How did you get defrauded? Is there any way to combat it?

From what I understand, someone: pays for a product; collects that product; disappears; actually paid for the aforementioned product with a stolen card, which means that you lose money. Is this what happens?
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Re: [pugdog] CREDIT CARD FRAUD WARNING In reply to
check out this thread on FutureQuest's bulletin board.http://www.aota.net/...=&threadid=11071

Very enlightening.