Buds Gun Shop!!! PLEASE READ!!!

[jerrymrc]

If you have used your credit card with them please read;


<http://www.budsgunshop.com>
The following Fraud Alert notification email was originally sent Friday evening to a list of our customers facing the possibility of fraud. Upon receiving several customer responses to the email today, we realized that not everyone on the list received a notification. In an effort to be sure everyone on the list is notified, we are sending the same email again tonight.
You may have noticed the alert on our website indicating that credit card payments have been shut down for the weekend. This is due to our staff receiving multiple reports from customers who have experienced unauthorized charges on credit cards that were used previously on our website. Many of these customers also have made purchases at other locations and websites, so we cannot be sure of the source of the problem at this time. Please be assured that we are communicating with our third party credit card processor and are gathering all the information we can to evaluate the nature and scope of the problem. In the best interest of all our customers, credit card processing has been completely turned off for the weekend. We expect to have the additional details on Monday and will then respond accordingly.
If you have concerns about one or more of your credit cards please proceed to check your credit cards on-line website or call your credit card issuing bank to check for any recent unauthorized charges. Keep in mind that should you discover any unauthorized charges you will NOT be responsible for them in accordance with your card member agreement.
We apologize for any inconvenience and do not wish to alarm you, however we feel a responsibility to quickly inform customers that placed an order using their credit card in the event that fraud has occurred.
Sincerely,
www.budsgunshop.com (http://www.budsgunshop.com)

I bought from them a couple of months ago and last week someone tried to charge a bunch on my CC.

[sniper7]

Dang that sucks big time. I haven't bought anything though

[Busta Prima]

Hackers must be busy these days. For the past two weeks I've been getting alerts from some of the companies I deal with saying their data security was breeched, etc.

[Byte Stryke]

Bound to happen when the IT industry is reporting more than 20% unemployment

[opie011]

Thanks for the heads up! I haven't bought anything from them in over a year but I'll check my CC statement online!!

[CrufflerSteve]

Watch out for small charges. I got hit on my favorite card with a couple of charges under $2. I called them and they looked at it and I suddenly had a new card overnighted. They use little ones to see if it is good and lots of fraud places try to make it small & monthly rather than a big bad one that gets the card immediately cancelled.

Steve

[jerrymrc]

Watch out for small charges. I got hit on my favorite card with a couple of charges under $2. I called them and they looked at it and I suddenly had a new card overnighted. They use little ones to see if it is good and lots of fraud places try to make it small & monthly rather than a big bad one that gets the card immediately cancelled.

Steve

Mine was hit for $1, $16, $59 and then they went for $600

[lebru]

They sent me an e-mail saying their credit card payment was back up and running and is more secure. I never used my CC with them in the first place because I didn't like the security certificate they used.

[Punkface]

Mine was hit with a $4 charge for iTunes. Bank shut down my acct immediately.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Hackers wont try to charge small dollar item.. I am willing to bet in this case its a couple insiders.

I always use a prepaid card for online purchases.

[ChadAmberg]

Yeah, I got caught in this. Bunch of X-Box points charges. My new card should hopefully be at the house tonight.

[lebru]

Hackers wont try to charge small dollar item.. I am willing to bet in this case its a couple insiders.

I always use a prepaid card for online purchases.

meh, their security certificate wasn't as good as other websites. easily loopholed.

[jerrymrc]

Yeah, I got caught in this. Bunch of X-Box points charges. My new card should hopefully be at the house tonight.

My first three were for X-Box live but the last was some mail order computer.

[kidicarus13]

Mine was hit with a $4 charge for iTunes. Bank shut down my acct immediately.

What prompted your bank to do that?

[Mazin]

Hackers wont try to charge small dollar item.. I am willing to bet in this case its a couple insiders.

I always use a prepaid card for online purchases.

+1 same here a cheap prepaid cc for online stuff and I only fill it right before I make the purchase.

[Byte Stryke]

What prompted your bank to do that?

probably like when I bought a new car in Edmonton Canada in 08... while I was in Kuwait!
Fraud Department called me up
"Mr [Byte] have you authorized a vehicle purchase in Canada?"
"Umm, No."
"We are showing your account is being billed (I forget the number) For a motor Vehicle in Edmonton Canada."
"UMMM, hell no."
"Ok Mr [Byte], We will have to close your card and have another one reissued, due to your location you will receive in it a day or two"

US Bank had another one in my hand in 2 days.
the charge never hit my account

[Jer]

probably like when I bought a new car in Edmonton Canada in 08... while I was in Kuwait!
Fraud Department called me up
"Mr [Byte] have you authorized a vehicle purchase in Canada?"
"Umm, No."
"We are showing your account is being billed (I forget the number) For a motor Vehicle in Edmonton Canada."
"UMMM, hell no."
"Ok Mr [Byte], We will have to close your card and have another one reissued, due to your location you will receive in it a day or two"

US Bank had another one in my hand in 2 days.
the charge never hit my account

US Bank is the shit. I used to work for them in the 90's and while every bank has their issues US Bank seems to have the fewest of the big banks w/the best customer service.