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By droopy on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 01:50 pm:

    got a "potential fraud alert" email from discover
    card this morning. they wanted me to verify a
    purchase: a $234 charge to a place called high
    point scientific. it's in new jersey; it
    specializes in telescopes.

    i called the fraud department at discovery and
    told them i hadn't made that purchase. they said
    there were a few others: some dollar charges to
    aol and at&t, and one to gap. i had them close the
    account.

    as i finished that last paragraph, i got a call
    from somebody from high point scientific. they
    didn't know about my fraud alert from discovery,
    but they thought my purchase looked "sketchy." my
    fort worth address matched, but the shipping
    address was to a guy named santos in san antonio.
    the purchase itself was made from mexico. it was
    for a binocular/camera.

    he said there's a fraud triangle. fraudulent
    purchases are made from mexico, shipped to someone
    in the u.s., and sold on ebay or someplace.

    i was a little disappointed. at first it seemed
    that at least the fraud was for something fairly
    noble like scientific curiosity. now it's just
    plain fraud.


By Antigone on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 03:57 pm:

    Yeah right, Santos. Likely story!


By The Watcher on Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 06:02 am:

    Do you have any idea how they got your credit card information?


By Pepper on Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 09:46 am:

    You don't have a lifelock account with them?


By droopy on Friday, March 28, 2014 - 01:40 am:

    i rarely use my credit cards. usually jut for
    medical supplies. but i suppose there was one shady
    purchase i made that might have put my info into
    the wrong hands.

    it seems like it was caught in time. i hope it's
    over.


By Pepper on Saturday, March 29, 2014 - 02:45 pm:

    I won't give out my card to waiter/waitress, cause they can copy the number from the card, and I won't let the guy who own the "Square" that is attached to the cellular phone.
    I remember at the computer show, a guy had a credit card reader attached to the cellular phone, it was back in the late 90's. I won't trust this. Because anyone who know how to use Linux knows better than that.


By Spider on Sunday, March 30, 2014 - 11:00 am:

    Soooo...what was that one shady purchase?


By droopy on Sunday, March 30, 2014 - 04:05 pm:

    it isn't so much the purchased item as the place: a
    seedy little pawn shop in a latino part of town.


By Antigone on Monday, March 31, 2014 - 12:10 pm:

    Where people call you by your real name:

    Santos Chupacabra!


By DanielSantossss on Monday, March 31, 2014 - 06:08 pm:

    SaNTO dROOPus. take care friend!!!


By Reppep on Monday, March 31, 2014 - 08:07 pm:

    At least it is Antigone Chupacabra who forged droopy's name.


By droopy on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 01:35 am:

    that little ol' goatsucker me.


By Pepper on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 09:49 am:

    Yup, you got that right! :-p


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