Fraud

[DragCat]

Just wanting to throw this out to all. Im sure most have something similar on their credit cards for possible fraud charges. The county I live in also has a property alert program that notifies you about any movement on your house, yea people steal and resell your house. Be careful out there........

On June 4, 2025, an unidentified database was found circulating the web. Over 40 million email addresses were exposed, together with personal and location data. Leaked records include Social Security number, address, date of birth, name, phone number, Parent email address and alternate phone. The validity of the data exposed couldn’t be verified. Yet we’re still informing you about a potential data leak

[cny first gen 71]

Unfortunately this is the world we live in now and it's probably going to get worse before it gets better. You gotta be careful with everything you do now days. Not only is big brother watching so are the thousands of hackers out there just waiting for someone to make a mistake. Just gotta be careful with what you do online because they are waiting to pounce on you. I hate to be a doom and glume person but that's the way it is.

[72 Monte Carlo]

The security/fraud investigators need to very diligent in back tracing where the leak came from and impose a super hefty fine on them for the lack of network security to protect that sensitive data. Then everyone that had their sensitive data leaked should be in a class action lawsuit to sue them.

[Robnhood]

A couple things that you can do:

Setup transaction based alerts on your credit/debit card. So when they are used, you will get a email/text message.

Don't use the same password for all of your sites, a password manger will help you.  I use bitwarden.

Enable multifactor in all of your accounts as much as you can.

Don't trust anyone who calls you. 

About 2 months ago, I got a supposed call from Walmart about a $15k purchase, I told them to go away.  I logged into my account and there wasn't any purchases.  It was totally a scammer.

if you aren't sure, hang up and call the vendor (Banks too) back directly.

 

[DragCat]

8 hours ago, 72 Monte Carlo said:

The security/fraud investigators need to very diligent in back tracing where the leak came from and impose a super hefty fine on them for the lack of network security to protect that sensitive data. Then everyone that had their sensitive data leaked should be in a class action lawsuit to sue them.

Unfortunately in today's world, the victim has to jump through hoops to prove themselves. 😡

[DragCat]

7 hours ago, Robnhood said:

Don't trust anyone who calls you. 

Just to X2 this one, even if the caller id says its "amex" doesn't mean it is. Yea I used to manipulate numbers back in the day to prank my friends. 

I think I'm safe with statue of limitations 🤣

Don't click on emails for your accounts, always log in on your own .

One of the reasons I have a VPN account

[Glen]

Good heads-up Mark. Adding to this…

Per LifeLock (yep, I subscribe to their services) AT&T just recently suffered a huge beach for the second time. Here’s the alert for those of you who use AT&T:

Records from 2024 AT&T data breach are once again for sale on the dark web.

Nearly 90 million previously breached AT&T customer records have been re-packaged and are for sale on the dark web once again. The exposed data posted on a Russian cybercrime forum includes full names, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. If exploited, cybercriminals can use this information to commit identity theft.

[Jared Richey]

Got hit for over $600 at LegoLand in California on my credit card. 

Usually it catches it but not this time.

Pain because the card has to be updated on everything you order from. If these people did good things imagine what they could do.

[Robnhood]

7 hours ago, Jared Richey said:

Got hit for over $600 at LegoLand in California on my credit card. 

Usually it catches it but not this time.

Pain because the card has to be updated on everything you order from. If these people did good things imagine what they could do.

These guys hit my credit card a year or so ago.  It looks like they had a nice vacation all planed out.  Flights, rooms, etc.  I don't know what else.  Nice chunk of change.

Needless to say, I was pissed, they could have invited me, but no......

Anyways, the bank put a stop to that real quick, and it took a little bit for it to get settled out.

Thankfully, I didn't have to pay any of it.

The time before that, they must have been throwing one hell of a party, they had an entertainment compay, and a couple of dating sites.

This is about a year after I got married so the first call I made was to my bride explaining to her that my card was compromised, and it wasn't any charges that I had made.

Thankfully no harm done

 

 

[cbolt]

Most of the time the "victim" is the credit card company. 

[Scott S.]

Had something like this happen years ago, but fortunately the credit card company caught it right away and I didn't have an issue.

The downside was that I was in Las Vegas on holiday when they caught it and deactivated my card.

Nothing says "fun" more then being in Vegas and having no money...... But at least no one else was having fun with my card either.  

[Robnhood]

So,....I am sitting at work yesterday, working, and my phone goes off with a text alert with a balance update on my debit card/checking account.

So I am thinking this is very strange because I don't use that card very often, and usually transfer money in and out of the account so to me it is very odd.

Logging in my bank account, I found $15 worth of Amazon transactions on that account which are definitely not mine, and that debit card isn't attached to my Amazon account.

After a call with my bank, the card is shut down, and I should be getting credit for the transactions shortly.

Again, I can't stress how valuable transaction text alerts can be for debit/credit cards. 

I should also note that this was with 2 separate transactions.  The first one was very small, less than $2, and the second was only $12.  

Stay on alert, and keep on the lookout.

 

[DragCat]

Just got another alert, the source was the ATT hack 😡