Dear Liz, I am very sad to hear that you have experienced this kind of problem! It is certainly something unusual and I hope no one else has to deal with it.
If you don't mind, I would appreciate if you could share the hotel in question with us organizers in case someone else reports something similar later. You can send the info to me off-list (to john.anders...@wikimedia.se) and I will share the info with the a selected few team members. Thanks, and we look forward welcoming you to Stockholm! Best, John Andersson Executive Director Wikimedia Sverige Den sön 28 juli 2019 14:01 <wikimania-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> skrev: > Send Wikimania-l mailing list submissions to > wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimania-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimania-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimania-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. WikiMania registration & fraudulent credit card use (Liz 99) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 09:12:00 -0700 > From: Liz 99 <liz99.w...@gmail.com> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, le...@wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikimania-l] WikiMania registration & fraudulent credit card > use > Message-ID: > <CAKK411g4uA_F_5xvoQtWRAzmqs8= > qy9d2s66myvar2qdh9q...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, Wiki folks, > > This is an unpleasant message to have to send. But, immediately after > registering for WikiMania and booking a hotel room this week, the credit > card I was using was fraudulently used for about a dozen purchases on > Amazon. Small stuff really, each between $10 and $50. This was a credit > card that had not been used before and that I was only using for purchases > regarding this trip (conference registration, hotel and airplane ticket). I > have never had this happen to me before with a credit card. > > So, either someone associated with the Wikimania registration provider or > with the hotel had access to my credit card data. I am also contacting the > hotel where the registration was made in case the information was taken > from that site. I should say that it isn't the Stockholm hotel associated > with this conference but another one in a different city. > > The credit card company refunded the cost for all of these purchases so I'm > not out any money. And I am really looking forward to this trip! But I just > wanted to alert WMF and encourage other conference goers to check their > credit card statements in case there are any issues with the registration > provider. > > Thanks! And I look forward to seeing you all next month in Stockholm! > > Liz > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/attachments/20190727/431aab9c/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 157, Issue 5 > ******************************************* >
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