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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 298457" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We got scammed. husband had bought something online, he wasn't sure if it was that. I think it was our new cards coming in the mail, they took a fortnight longer to arrive than they should have, then when we went to use the new cards, they had been maxed out already (before we ever got to them). Now, THIS account we keep in the black, we pay it off ahead of time and mostly only use it for medical bills. So not only had tey cleanred it out to the credit limit, they had also cleaned out the extra credit we'd paid into it.</p><p></p><p>husband did some tracking online and found tat there were two purchases, both for just under the credit limit, for opera tickets in Italy. Hundreds of opera tickets. So someone would undoubtedly be scalping those tickets to launder the proceeds.</p><p></p><p>Our system here - you report it, but often they doon't chase it further, the bank just claims it on their insurance and leaves it. Which is why this sort of fraud continues to happen!</p><p></p><p>We eventually got a notice from the bank saying they had decided to not proceed against us at this time - I was furious. It clearly wasn't US but tey worded the letter as if there was still a chance we were under suspicion.</p><p></p><p>On Aussie TV last night one of our best invetigative journalim programs was looking at Internet criime in Australia. I thought it was highly relevant.</p><p></p><p>Here is a link, you can get it on flash.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/" target="_blank">http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/</a></p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 298457, member: 1991"] We got scammed. husband had bought something online, he wasn't sure if it was that. I think it was our new cards coming in the mail, they took a fortnight longer to arrive than they should have, then when we went to use the new cards, they had been maxed out already (before we ever got to them). Now, THIS account we keep in the black, we pay it off ahead of time and mostly only use it for medical bills. So not only had tey cleanred it out to the credit limit, they had also cleaned out the extra credit we'd paid into it. husband did some tracking online and found tat there were two purchases, both for just under the credit limit, for opera tickets in Italy. Hundreds of opera tickets. So someone would undoubtedly be scalping those tickets to launder the proceeds. Our system here - you report it, but often they doon't chase it further, the bank just claims it on their insurance and leaves it. Which is why this sort of fraud continues to happen! We eventually got a notice from the bank saying they had decided to not proceed against us at this time - I was furious. It clearly wasn't US but tey worded the letter as if there was still a chance we were under suspicion. On Aussie TV last night one of our best invetigative journalim programs was looking at Internet criime in Australia. I thought it was highly relevant. Here is a link, you can get it on flash. [url]http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/[/url] Marg [/QUOTE]
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