Fraud! Be Careful.

I was checking my bank accounts this morning. I have a specific card I use only for travelling. I don't use it anywhere else.

I noticed a charge for 5.95 from a company called Howsayit.com. I started looking down the list of activity and noticed 3 companies that started back in April. First each one took .95. Then they went to 1.95 each and now they are up to 5.95. There were 11 charges.

The bank said "someone" set up a wallet for me for Google Pay, Apple Pay etc. but it wasn't me. It is only 32.95 but I had to dispute the charges, file a claim and stop the card.

They start small so you don't think anything of it, then you recognize the name as the charges go up. what caught my eye is that I have a low balance on the card at the present and I have not been using it at all.

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Blondily · F

Thank you for the warning.
We've been scamned online too. The hub almost fell for it and I said don't give them your ss number...its a scam. So he didn't then reported it to the company that someone was impersonating them.

akindheart · 61-69, F

@Blondily yeah...this is what bothered me. they got the first account in. started small. when they realized they hada live account and not caught, they set up 2 more.

Blondily · F

@akindheart Its just crazy these days how you can have your privacy invaded like that.😔

akindheart · 61-69, F

@Blondily what is even weirder is that i have never set up a virtual wallet of any kind.

Blondily · F

@akindheart Like you mentioned in your post, they are very sneaky and start out small so you wont notice.

akindheart · 61-69, F

@Blondily i wonder how they even got the info to begin with. i won't even use my debit card in a drive through. that is how careful i am