tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post8076943321769388465..comments2009-02-16T21:58:31.411-05:00rsguskindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07850061562215316734noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-65421723406904142092008-07-31T09:35:00.000-04:002008-07-31T09:35:00.000-04:00The exact same thing has just happened to me.<BR/><BR/>I live in Boston and my card has been used for gas purchases around Tampa, Silver Spring and Ellwood. Each purchase was for around $75 and it was hit all in one day. They made 10 purchases. I'm down over $1300 and it will take over two weeks for the bank to refund the money.<BR/><BR/>I'm stunned my bank let that many charges go through. The same day my card was being scammed I made a $12 purchase in Boston and it still never flagged on the system.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to stop using my debit card for everything other than ATM withdrawls at the bank. From now on I'll use a credit card where you get protection and it's not your money that's being stolen.<BR/><BR/>My bank have been useless. I bank with Citizens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-5168380806403360272008-05-04T13:44:00.000-04:002008-05-04T13:44:00.000-04:00All you have to do is report the fraud and the credit card company wil cover it. I don't think it's that big of a deal.satxxkennhttp://satxxkenn.sitemighty.com/brand/visanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-40030168362849699722008-03-17T19:05:00.000-04:002008-03-17T19:05:00.000-04:00I've experienced card skimming twice in the past several months. Most recently, my card was duped and used for gas and several $100 charges at Walmart. The first time, my debit/credit card was duped and someone took $2,000 out of account via ATM over the course of two days. Bank of America neglected to take all of the fraudulent charges off (by mistake) and they remain on my account. I'll probably be canceling the card.msfluxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506590559675500975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-7956257158060415502008-03-12T10:35:00.000-04:002008-03-12T10:35:00.000-04:00This just happened to my wife last week - a $50 charge at a Citgo station in Hialeah, Florida. We live in Park Slope and shop at local merchants all the time....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-48999264136855877202008-02-26T21:45:00.000-05:002008-02-26T21:45:00.000-05:00Also experienced a similar situation: Multiple withdrawals for thousands of $$ taken during one transaction from an ATM in Midtown Manhattan. Citibank repeatedly asked me if I lent someone my card, or if someone interrupted my transaction there - EVEN THOUGH I REPEATEDLY TOLD THEM I WAS NEVER AT THAT BRANCH. No response on their part. NYPD (Midtown South Precinct) is investigating this but we are suspecting an inside job with a Citibank employee involved since 1) Card was not lost 2) When we asked for a new card a month ago with a Mastercard logo on it, they insisted it was on its way. After the fraud they claimed they had no record of the request 3) They violated their own policy of not allowing more than $1000 to be taken out of an account via an ATM in one business day - unless there was an employee overriding this. Please post if you have a similar situation so we can compare notes and further this investigation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-92071836107461228672008-02-21T14:57:00.000-05:002008-02-21T14:57:00.000-05:00I live in Park Slope. I had a $400 charge from a Wal-Mart in Coral Springs, FL. I have the card right here in front of me. How can this happen? This was two weeks ago and Citibank still has not credited me though I've jumped through every hoop imaginable. I called the police.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07527825480603251367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-74374997664919797382008-02-09T00:07:00.000-05:002008-02-09T00:07:00.000-05:00It's not just Brooklyn. I am in Queens. Someone took $1,000 out of the credit line attached to my Citibank debit card on January 30 via an ATM machine in Midtown. Someone obviously made a counterfeit card based on mine, and they either hacked into Citibank customer information or inserted a PIN skimmer somewhere.<BR/><BR/>Citibank still hasn't credited me back the funds even though I filed a police report. Even though I was still in possession of the card they asked me a million times whether I had lent my card out to someone or told someone my PIN.upset_citibank_customernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-87129170605038075392008-01-23T11:18:00.000-05:002008-01-23T11:18:00.000-05:00My wife and I live in Brooklyn Heights. Last week a $400 cash advance was posted to my citi credit card from a walmart in Hialeah, FL. A second cash advance was immediately blocked by citi (thankfully). Thought the problem was resovled. Last night three $1.00 charges were posted to my citi atm mastercard at a gas station at a walmart in Hialeah, FL before citi blocked my card. I don't know how much was charged yet but from reading these posts it was probably $100 per transaction. We go out to restuarants in Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo and sometimes to Smith Street. My guess would be that it's a restaurant and not an atm machine (since we never take cash advances from our credit cards). We only go to a handful of resturants so if someone wanted to start a list I am happy to share my list. Very frustrating. I think I'll stick to cash for a while.BHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-90466436676739927232008-01-22T12:52:00.000-05:002008-01-22T12:52:00.000-05:00We live in Connecticut and our Citibank Debit card # got used last week in a purchase for over $2,000 from a Best Buy in Eastern Pennsylvania. Card not lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-68254595211642444682008-01-16T09:43:00.000-05:002008-01-16T09:43:00.000-05:00I caught a guy taking a picture of my credit card with his cell phone (possibly video of me enterring the pin too). He seemed to be friends with the guy behind the counter there actually. By coincidence, this was at a Target store not far frmo brooklyn (Nassau County on Long Island, NY). He had a really top of the line high-tech cell phone with a camera and was talking _about_ what he was doing through his wireless headset as he was doing it -- he even said to the guy on the other end of the line "You gotta be slick about it and get the pin too". The camera on the *back* of th phone was just above the leather cash the phone was in (that is, the phone was in a case, but it was slid just far enough out of the case that the lens was exposed completely).<BR/><BR/>I wrote a little about it here:<BR/><BR/>http://robwilkens.com/2007/12/24/attention-visamc-please-remove-stamped-in-numbers-from-cards/<BR/><BR/>I had tried to get a picture of the guy with my own cell phone, but I was moving as I snapped the picture and it didn't come out good enough.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately, in that case, it was a commerce bank debit card, and commerce bank was _right_ next door (across the street) from that particular target. I was able to disable and get a brand new card right there and then.Robert Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11420425552973837849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-63407916235051783472008-01-15T17:11:00.000-05:002008-01-15T17:11:00.000-05:00s happened to my husband and I...we are in BH...Amex, citi-visa and mc. We feel cards were probably swiped at a local BH business (that we noticed had quite a bit of turnover during these months). Just our guess..<BR/><BR/>All gas charges in TX, FL, GA and LA (during Nov and early Dec)...over $3k charged in totalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-39003254912563391652008-01-15T15:22:00.000-05:002008-01-15T15:22:00.000-05:00me too! happened with two of my cards in the past month or so -- both had fraudulent charges at gas stations in Texas. I live in Bklyn Heights.bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-55626425868559869602008-01-15T14:17:00.000-05:002008-01-15T14:17:00.000-05:00This happened to me as well with a Wachovia debit card. My card was used for over $1800 in gas stations across Florida. I am still out $1200 while the bank investigates. <BR/><BR/>If this has happened to you, call the 78th precinct at 718-636-6411. Detective Shy is investigating. He will ask you to submit a list of local businesses where you've used your cards in the past three months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-65708946237464286782008-01-14T16:27:00.000-05:002008-01-14T16:27:00.000-05:00I was also hit for a $700 Walmart bill in Texas. A few days later I had a $300 charge on a DIFFERENT card.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-53042639187905548042008-01-14T15:07:00.000-05:002008-01-14T15:07:00.000-05:00My citi debit card was hit with 10 $1 authorizations about 2 months ago that became 8 charges for $100 each from Walmart gas and 2 for $100 from Texaco - all in Texas. Citi was good about reversing the charges once I faxed in a letter. I live in Brooklyn Heights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-91455195007280181002008-01-14T13:58:00.000-05:002008-01-14T13:58:00.000-05:00Happened to me too: Citibank Mastercard, Texas gas station charge, I live in Park Slope...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-38479212670828400812008-01-14T13:06:00.001-05:002008-01-14T13:06:00.001-05:00Is there any way to set us a "vote," where we could all check off places where we've used our cards? I got the call from citi today - the second call in 2 months, not to mention my other card too! It's annoying. <BR/><BR/>Don't forget to change any auto payments you might have billed to your card (like Time Warner or Verizon)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-28616235400519217682008-01-14T13:06:00.000-05:002008-01-14T13:06:00.000-05:00Just got a call from Citi, telling me that my MasterCard had been "compromised" and that they had to cancel it. There doesn't appear to have been any unauthorized use, however. I live in Cobble Hill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-13262305082639244112008-01-14T12:54:00.000-05:002008-01-14T12:54:00.000-05:00How ironic--a few weeks ago I went into Target and since my card wouldn't swipe, they refused to let me use it, although they could have done it manually and I had ample ID.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-64121179239307222732008-01-14T12:19:00.000-05:002008-01-14T12:19:00.000-05:00Thanks to this write-up, I just checked my account and found that I got hit as well. I started a thread about it on the PS Message Board (that you don't have to be a parent to read or join) here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=40119RockerGirl77noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-61327695226715243142008-01-14T12:08:00.000-05:002008-01-14T12:08:00.000-05:00My friend just emailed me this site. Thank you so much. I too, living in Park Slope, was the victim of credit card fraud, all charges occurred on 12/30/07 at Walmart and Walgreens in FLA, while my VISA card was in my possession. I was also told by the credit card fraud investigation unit that there was proof of a duplicate copy made and having been swiped for purchases. Please keep us posted on anything you learn. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-26802964204027683482008-01-14T11:10:00.000-05:002008-01-14T11:10:00.000-05:00Our Citibank card also shows fraudulent charges -- to Domino's Pizza and Sushi Tatsu -- both in Brooklyn.Paulanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-10868207968206505752008-01-14T11:09:00.000-05:002008-01-14T11:09:00.000-05:00I am not sure if this was just par slope. I work in DUMBO and 3 people in my company have also all been hit by very large WalMart purchases. I was hit with one for $400, and others hit for $750. <BR/><BR/>Right at Christmas time too. Good time to be out $$. That sucked.<BR/><BR/>And I have not been to Park Slope for a whileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-34250805498242292222008-01-14T09:58:00.000-05:002008-01-14T09:58:00.000-05:00It started with my Citibank card - a few gas station hits on Long Island. A month later, quite a few gas station hits in Miami on my Amex card - all in the $75 range. Amex called when someone tried to purchase $8K in furniture somewhere in Florida. My cards were not lost, but probably skimmed. I live in Brooklyn Heights and am becoming highly suspect of Target. I'll bet we've all shopped there. But who really knows?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27072046.post-11340108629744208972008-01-14T09:36:00.000-05:002008-01-14T09:36:00.000-05:00I just had this happen to me on Saturday. The charges were from gas stations and Wal-Marts in FL. I live in Brooklyn Heights. This has also happened to my fiance and a few friends who all live in Brooklyn Heights.SDnoreply@blogger.com