On 16 March 2012 16:22, Rix Seacord eseac...@verizon.net wrote:
Luckily, I use PayPal for most of my online purchases.
From the experience of a friend, who bought something eBay that needed
refunding by Paypal, it was a long complex process
1) Buy bandbag from eBay she believed was a fake.
2)
Some years ago, I bought some original IBM memory for a Thinkpad laptop.
The stuff physically fit, but shorted out when installed, because the
package profile was different.
I complained to eBay and spent a bunch of money on Express Mail, etc.
I got NOTHING.
Conclusion: eBay protections are
Did you buy anything directly from China with your card ?
Raj, vu2zap
At 16-03-2012, you wrote:
Early this week I noticed two strange charges to my credit card account.
An investigation indicates these charges were made in China.
FYI. Vigilance advised.
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Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
I paypal'ed what I did, and have only seen the direct charges to my
paypal for the chinese purchases.
I don't know if credit card works thru the ebay stuff I've bought, or
the other sites when you use paypal / credit card option.
Obviously if you go via credit card checkout, all bets are
Paypal doesn't send through your CC info so there is likely no
correlation. Your CC info could have been captured anywhere, or even
hacked from an online site. The charges could have been anywhere, in
any country, including the USA. Over the years I have had card numbers
stolen
I second that Jim, Block your card quick! I am sure you would have already.
At 16-03-2012, you wrote:
Paypal doesn't send through your CC info so there is likely no
correlation. Your CC info could have been captured anywhere, or even
hacked from an online site. The charges could have
All:
To get hit with charges on your credit card from either China or Africa,
you do not have to have made purchase with your card there.
There are some groups in both those areas that are doing brute force
search attacks
on credit card numbers. They generate small charges, typically less
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:38 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
c...@omen.comwrote:
Early this week I noticed two strange charges to my credit card account.
An investigation indicates these charges were made in China.
If you bought something on eBay there is no way the seller gets your CC
info.
Luckily, I use PayPal for most of my online purchases.
In the rare event I use my credit card, Citibank supplies a program call
called virtual account numbers.
It creates for you a one time only credit card number.
This guarantees no one can grab your number and use it.
From what I've seen its
measurement
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Luckily, I use PayPal for most of my online purchases.
In the rare event I use my credit card, Citibank supplies
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Rix Seacord eseac...@verizon.net wrote:
Luckily, I use PayPal for most of my online purchases.
In the rare event I use my credit card, Citibank supplies a program call
called virtual account numbers.
It creates for you a one time only credit card number.
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