It finally happened! GRRRRRRRRRRR
We booked our vacation stay. 1 on the cliffs and 1 on the beach.
Our credit card # was stolen.
International charges were made to a company called LOVEFILM.COM
Has this happened to any of you?
Our credit card Co. was on it right away and we have now had to get a new card.
I guess in all these years we have been pretty lucky :-( till now. Not so Irie

COOPIEEEEEEEE.......

~ IrieLita or Coopie ~ wrote:

'LOVEFILM.COM '

This happened to me about a year ago when I was shopping at Progressive Foods in Ironshore. I just made a card purchase & was there the whole time & saw nothing funny going on, so not sure how it was done. They tried to make a purchase that was at first turned down (I did alert my CC co. & they said if it doesn't go through, there is nothing they can do....I thought I was safe, but, a couple weeks later a charge was again made & it did go through, so I again notified my bank & they cancelled the charge & issued me a new card, but, of course, in Ja., that is not always an easy procedure. They did do it by Express mail, so I didn't have to wait too long, maybe a week, but I had a problem before when my new card was sent by regular mail & it took almost a month.

I've had my credit card # hijacked a couple of times in the last few years. I most clearly remember the recent one which was in Oct. '09. I remember because I was on jury duty at the time & didn't check my VM messages for a couple of days. By the time I listened I was a day away from my card being cancelled & I use it for EVERYTHING (FF miles). Yikes!!! All I could think of was stupid criminals since there were three $1 charges for Netflix, plus 2-3 charges for $530 something at pbjewelers.com. All I could think of was "peanut butter"??? What's up w/ that? I looked it up later & it was Palm Beach Jewelers. DOH! Got a new card & account # quickly. The only place I'd used the card in the days prior to those charges was at my local grocery store. I even checked to see if their cc system had been hijacked... nope. Just a random thing but I'd still like to know how they got the code # from the back of the card to order online. I saw a story on 60 Minutes (I think) about a town in Romania where many millionaires live who do nothing except hijack cc #s. It's the main business in town. I'm just not of that criminal mind set.

The time before that the charges were for porn - LOL. THAT I remember.

That blows. I had my card number stolen several years ago but not by a hotel or hotel deposit...I was using it at a few select places in town and I think I know which one was responsible. Now I don't use it at all.

But...what choice do you really have when putting down a deposit on a hotel?? These days the card companies are cool in handling it but they do have to replace your card which can be a hassle if you have auto-charges on it or if you are about to leave the country for a period of time.

Sucks as it may - turn toward the fact that you have your vacation booked and you are soon come!

Hubby is an IT guy and gets paid to go hacker conferences. Supposedly there are good hackers and bad hackers. Where there is a will there is a way.