I went to get gas today, slide my card in at the pump and the pump told me to go talk to the attendant. At first I thought, stupid pump... I don't want to talk to the attendant. So I tried again, still didn't work. Ok, maybe the pump isn't so stupid?
So I go inside and I was like "yea, pump 8 won't give me any gas, wtf?", and some foreign dude with broken English told me my card was rejected, so I ask him to manually swipe it their and oh man did that cause all sorts of problems... So I finally just give the guy $20 cash to get some fuel. Luckily gas only costs $1.59 here right now; otherwise my gas guzzling truck wouldn't have made it home. Guy came out to the pump when I was fueling and told me the card was definitely broke and he just got his machine recovered from it....
Fast forward 30 minutes later to when I arrive home. I called up Visa and told the lady my credit card was rejected, she asked me the usual identification questions, pulled up my account; said security had a lock on it and forwarded me on through. The lady in security told me it was locked because it looked like my card had been compromised. She asked me if I had made a bunch of charges on the 17th to iTunes, gsomething, a few other music services and some computer places... all the charges were like $1-2. I told her no, and she said my card had been stolen...... yay! They make those small charges to make sure the card is active then use it to really steal some shit or sell the CC.
I told her that there's probably no way to tell who stole it huh? She said CC's are usually stolen on the web by super hackers.
I've had this CC since 2002 and have probably used it at least 300 places online. Thing is, I haven’t used it lately. My only charge this month was on the 15th, when I ordered a monitor from Dell. 2 days later my card was 'compromised'. Fucking Dell.
This ever happen to anyone else? She cancelled my card and said I'd have my new one in 3-5 days... but now I'm thinking someone out there probably has my name, address, and everything else... hope my identity doesn't get stolen.
So I go inside and I was like "yea, pump 8 won't give me any gas, wtf?", and some foreign dude with broken English told me my card was rejected, so I ask him to manually swipe it their and oh man did that cause all sorts of problems... So I finally just give the guy $20 cash to get some fuel. Luckily gas only costs $1.59 here right now; otherwise my gas guzzling truck wouldn't have made it home. Guy came out to the pump when I was fueling and told me the card was definitely broke and he just got his machine recovered from it....
Fast forward 30 minutes later to when I arrive home. I called up Visa and told the lady my credit card was rejected, she asked me the usual identification questions, pulled up my account; said security had a lock on it and forwarded me on through. The lady in security told me it was locked because it looked like my card had been compromised. She asked me if I had made a bunch of charges on the 17th to iTunes, gsomething, a few other music services and some computer places... all the charges were like $1-2. I told her no, and she said my card had been stolen...... yay! They make those small charges to make sure the card is active then use it to really steal some shit or sell the CC.
I told her that there's probably no way to tell who stole it huh? She said CC's are usually stolen on the web by super hackers.
I've had this CC since 2002 and have probably used it at least 300 places online. Thing is, I haven’t used it lately. My only charge this month was on the 15th, when I ordered a monitor from Dell. 2 days later my card was 'compromised'. Fucking Dell.
This ever happen to anyone else? She cancelled my card and said I'd have my new one in 3-5 days... but now I'm thinking someone out there probably has my name, address, and everything else... hope my identity doesn't get stolen.
