C&R Card Woes

Abulg1972 · Jul 26, 2014

I don't know where to post this but since all of my recent purchases have been C&R, I thought I'd do it here. In the last week, someone has tried to use my debit card in a Home Depot and Piggly Wiggly in Orlando, FL (even though my card was in my pocket) and someone tried to access my Wells Fargo home mortgage ebanking account. In all my years of being "electronic", this has happened only once and then only with a card that was known to be hacked. I have been buying a lot of ammo, etc from some less than "known" sites. Has anyone else had similar issues lately? And, no, I have never bought anything from Wideners.

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metalman3006 · Jul 26, 2014

Yep, between C&R's, ammo, and gun parts, I have had my card stolen 4 times in the last year and a half.

Dave91 · Jul 26, 2014

Wideners had their big scandal a few months ago. Myself and and several others on this forum had our info stolen after buying online from wideners.

j8064 · Jul 26, 2014

I've had my cards/accounts compromised more than once over the years. It's a royal PITA and a pisser when it happens.

You might consider a prepaid Visa card with a finite $ amount on it to order online. That isolates any personal accounts and limits the impact of thieves.

eddiek2000 · Jul 26, 2014

j8064 said:
I've had my cards/accounts compromised more than once over the years. It's a royal PITA and a pisser when it happens.

You might consider a prepaid Visa card with a finite $ amount on it to order online. That isolates any personal accounts and limits the impact of thieves.

Yep. I think cityBank offers this on a per purchase basis.

Abulg1972 · Jul 26, 2014

I was thinking of getting the Lil Wayne prepaid Discover Card.

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TapRackBang · Jul 27, 2014

This is why I don't have any debit cards. They are easier to steal, have fewer legal protections, and draw money directly out of your accounts. Every time my banks try to give me a debit card I have to go rounds with them to cancel it and not issue another one.

Docster · Jul 28, 2014

TapRackBang said:
This is why I don't have any debit cards. They are easier to steal, have fewer legal protections, and draw money directly out of your accounts. Every time my banks try to give me a debit card I have to go rounds with them to cancel it and not issue another one.

Yes, especially for online purchases experts suggest not to use a debit card. Use a credit card since they have protection from unauthorized use. With a debit card, your account can be drained in very little time....

Doctor_M · Jul 28, 2014

I personally don't think it has much to do with your C&R or ammo... this stuff happens EVERYWHERE. At least once a year, my wife has to replace a card because of ID theft and I'm about every 2 years for this stuff.

Just the new world we live in, unfortunately.
Best of luck.

Yingpin · Jul 28, 2014

I don't know if it is related to any C&R purchase or ammo purchase but my M&T Card number was compromised on Sunday. 5 different purchases in one hour for a total of $530. M&T emailed me on the three of them once they realized something was up. I cancelled the card and they are crediting back the money and investigating.

They were all NJ purchases....Dollar General, Rite Aide, Shop-Rite, and a wholesale liquor store.

I have credit cards but hate to have a balance on them and get anxiety when I have charges on them but I think I have to change my thinking.

CrazyIvan · Aug 2, 2014

My wife's and my joint credit union account was "hacked" just last month. We only have one regular credit card that we use for online transactions. So far it hasn't been hacked.

The manager at our credit union told us that the thieves don't even need to have access to the card or use those remote readers on self-swipe terminals (gas pumps, etc) to steal the data. What they do is use a number generator to create fake cards with the correct prefix numbers and number sequences for the type of card emulated. They then try these fake cards in terminals until one works.

One thing that helped the bank identify the fraud was a very small transaction (approximately $1) followed in rapid succession by several high dollar purchases. All of the tx occurred in the Dallas, TX area. We've never been to Dallas.

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