So I’ve been kinda busy this week, but I finally took a look at my mail and my bank account. In the mail, I had helpfully been sent a new debit card, with a new number and everything (for real this time). The message with it said there may have been fraudulent charges on the old account number, so this was a precaution. Fraudulent? Surely not.
Then I checked out the charges on my account, and I found LOTS of charges from organizations I have never in my whole freakin’ life done business with, to the best of my knowledge. I’ve listed them here, in handy table form, in case anyone else on the internets is interested:
| 13 ACAI 1-866-964-1011 P | $5.– |
| ACAIDETOXIFIER BURNHAM ON CR GB | $1.– |
| ACAIDETOXIFIER BURNHAM ON CR GB | $2.– |
| APL*ITUNES | $1.– |
| BOMC2 CS@BOMC2.COM PA | $10.– |
| HDP*Nat’lAlertRegistry 866-5844442 FL | $10.– |
| HDP*Nat’lAlertRegistry 866-5844442 FL | $4.– |
| PAG*OSSUPPLIER 800-8313952 CA | $1.– |
| PLI*BUG DOCTOR 858-350-7473 CA | $49.– |
| SUBMITEXPRESS.COM 8777373083 CA | $29.– |
| THE GUMTREE.COM TW9 | $36.– |
| TOPMONEYLISTING 8008976510 KN | $2.– |
| TRANHELP.COM | $39.– |
| ULTFACIAL866-7112821-V 866-7112821 CO | $4.– |
| UNCOVER THE NET 6306756135 IL | $20.– |
| WIZCHARGE.COM 18882551137 GB | $2.– |
My bank (USAA! W00t!) will probably remove all the charges. And yes, the APL*ITUNES is fraud. I’ve never bought a thing from them. I have issues with Apple’s invasive, annoying itunes software, so I’ve refused to install it, which means I never buy music from their site.
Situation resolved. As far as I know.
UPDATE: I have just noticed that I received two packages in the mail. One was some kinda acai berry supplement, addressed from:
Advanced Wellness Research Inc.
1269 N Wood Dale Rd
Wood Dale, IL 60191
and the other was an unsolicited gift pack of extremely cheap women’s cosmetics, from
Distribution Center
6205 Lookout Rd Ste D
Boulder, CO 80301-3334
I most certainly did not order either of these things, and I think they match up with some of the fraudulent charges on my credit/debit card (note: the second one was addressed slightly wrong to me). The return addresses are so vague (well, the second one, anyway) that the only way to figure out if it’s something relevant is to open it, which I did. And then the postal guy said I couldn’t refuse the delivery after opening. >:(
So, I guess the scam is to send you some cheap-a** stuff, under conditions that will nearly guarantee that you open the packages when you receive them, and charge your credit card, which number was obtained through some data breach somewhere, and hope that you will accept the charge since you have some sort of product now in your possession. Whatever. I’m not returning this crap, I’m certainly not going to *use* something so shady in provenance, and I’m absolutely not paying for it. Suck on that, you cheap dimestore hoods.
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i also had a charge from PAG*OSSUPPLIER… i also got a couple charges from some other websites and had to get a new card issued. lame!
thanx for leaving this picked up when i googled pag supplier. waiting to cancel the card now.
My credit card was stolen and they charged me the National Registry and the Ultfacial. My credit card company called me when all the activity hit my account. It has all been reversed.
Awesome. I’m glad I could benefit someone else. Most reputable card companies should reverse the charge for you, too (well, any DECENT card company anyway; I’m not sure I believe much in the decency of banks at the moment).
Glad to hear it. You know, sometimes I hear people talking about theft like this as if it were simply one of the annoyances of modern life that should be tolerated; but I don’t buy it. Just because it’s common doesn’t mean it’s okay.
PAG*OSSUPPLIER this lot just tried to hit my card for 3 amounts that was over £150, just called my bank and got them cancelled…
Thanks for the info, i also had PAG*OSSUPPLER, take 112. 00 dollars, have the bank looking into it now..
wow that PAG*OSSUPPLIER literally raped my bank account i haft to dispute 25 charges of 39.95 im pissed
thank you for the info i can give it to the bank to spread the knowledge
I fell victim to the same issue. They are all “programs” that would have resulted in additional, large monthly charges if not caught. I figured the person doing this had to make a commission or get a referral kickback since I was receiving the products. Sure enough, I spoke with a customer service rep with one of the companies and he said that there were commissions involved. He claimed that they would have their fraud dept look into it, but looking at stories from other victims, these companies are predators and I dont think anything will come of it. Hopefully, my credit card company will take care of me.
i too was victim of many of these, possibly because i bought some stuff for my daughters on line and had to fill out my address and phone number, be vary carefull where you buy onsline stuff, they got my cell phone nuymber and wouldnt stop calling me either, had to change my number.
What a bunch of bs! These Transhelp.com com f%#@ers can go to hell! I was charged 39.95 today for a subscription to something I didn’t authorize. I know our economy is in a bit of a slump right now, but come on. We don’t need this kinda crap floating over us too. I got as much information that I could from the number that I called to investigate the charge and they were able to refund me (so they say). I will know more in 5 to 7 business days.
please stop charging my account and refund me by money order or elec. i have put a stop to any addition chargers,if you don”t put a stop to my account i will result in further in harsh investigation,please e-mail me back@t.moody11@yahoo.com by monday.
Dear Tom,
You seem to be confused. This is the personal blog of a fellow victim of the scams, not a bank, not the website of the scammers. You might as well demand that your local newspaper put a stop to the war in Afghanistan, or tell the 10 O’clock News to stop the Swine Flu.
I just received a charge of 10.77 5/18/2009 on my credit card from BOMC2 CS@BOMC2.COM PA . My credit card company will reverse & send a new one. I had this same card but a different number canceled because of APL*ITUNES , gevelia and netflix in Jan. 2009. No problems on my other cards or my bank account.
does anyone have the 800 # to bomc2
Tanmika
I have a number you can call 1-888-646-1662
I am going through the same ordeal.
Good Luck
I too have been robbed by these bastards, is there any way of getting the money refunded, has anyone had succes at that? Who to we contact to press charges to get them wiped out?
North Haven, South Aust. Australia
I learned the hard way too about opening packages that I didn’t know what they were. Now, regardless of what I think it might be, unless they have a return address that I know, I refuse them and write “cancel orders” on the package. So far it has worked most of the time. There have been so many charges on my debit card that almost every month I have to call the numbers on the statement to have them refunded. Usually although the phone numbers are different, they all go to the same call center for some company sells an untold amount of junk online. I have learned not to click on any buttons that I don’t know what lies beyond. Just a week ago, I clicked on a green button after making a purchase, and found that there would be a charge of about $50. When I called the number to cancel the “whatever it was” I was told I had to wait at least 48 hours in order to cancel it. I think they do that in hopes thay you will forget about it. I didn’t forget, and was successful in cancelling whatever it was. There are so many scams online that I worry about everything anymore. I only purchase from what I know to be a reputible company.
I just got a new card 1 month ago because of these fricken scams. I just checked my account and it started again. My card is Capital One – anyone else having the same problem with this company?
Man, what a damn pain in the @ss!
By the way, thanks for all the info – it really helps track this shit down.
I too have fallen victim to this mob. It started out as a $1.95US charge for 8008313952ON8008313952 8008313952 KNA then the next month became a regular, monthly charge of $39.95US for 5 months, then the vendor changed to PAG*OSSUPPLIER 800-8313952 for 3 months then for the last two months it has been DSSUPPLIER8008313952 GREEN ACRES USA. I’m in Australia and with conversion costs this has been well over $500AUD out of my credit card. The bank is looking into it now. I can’t even say I’ve received a package of cheap cosmetics!! The bank did say the vendor code indicated some type of service company that provide software design and development services – cos that’s something I REALLY need at home!! Sigh… hopefully they’ll sort it out. Hope this helps someone else.
I have a charge from BOMC2 CS@BOMC2.COM PA on my paypal debit card. I have no idea who they are and have not ordered anything . I was pretty freaked out when I saw the charge and cancelled my debit card so that they can no longer charge me. Does anyone know how this could have happened or what protection I can put on my computer to avoid this happening again?
Thanks
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