Credit Card Fraud

[michael_aos]

Just found out there are some fraudulent charges on my Cabelas credit-card. I suspect somebody's server had my number and it got hacked.

The first charges posted 7/27. Here are some recent valid charges. You may want to check your statements if you've done business any of these:

MidwayUSA
Sportsmans Guide
TK Custom
Gunstop reloading
CMMG Inc
Powder Valley
Mikes Gun Sales and Service
Guns & Ammo magazine
S.W.A.T. Magazine
Cabelas

[Ernie Mazza]

This is why I never use a credit card on the internet, I used to work CC frauds it is just to easy to get hacked everything you put into your computer can be gotten to, so it may not have been a vendor who got hacked.
If I am doing business with an internet vendor.(and I just about have to where I live) I will try to do it by USPS and check or money order, I have found very few ebusinesses who do not want to do business that way and if they don't I find sombody who will.
Oh and by the way you are not liable for fraudulent CC charges. you will have to surrender your cards and get new ones with new acct. numbers though.

[michael_aos]

Just happened again. Different card.

Sort of weird, in that I haven't used that card in quite a while, except for my NRA easy-pay-life on 11/26, and a Krieger barrel yesterday.

All the fraudulent charges started yesterday.

Mike

[PsychoI3oy]

Go get spybot and update and do a full scan.

Then get Ad-Aware, update, and do a full scan.

Then go scan with Trend Micro Housecall.

I strongly suspect, as pointed out by Ernie, that the problem is on your computer.

If you're on any kind of broadband connection (DSL or Cable or whatever) and don't have one already, I also strongly suggest both hardware and software firewalls. Any 'broadband router' from companies like Linksys, Netgear or D-Link will work for the hardware firewall part. I like Kerio for software firewall, but there are others out there.

If any/all of this comes across as talking down to you, I apologize, but hope that you can understand the urgency of the situation.

[GearHead]

I use zonealarm for my firewall. It is simple to use, has excellent protection and it's FREE. Get IT! Also get a good antivirus software package in addition to the spyware removal.

[Atrain]

+1 for Trend Micro House Call. That works great and should find any crap that snuck on your PC.

[michael_aos]

I appreciate the concern.

I'm on a Mac (10.4.8), running Safari.

Behind a software firewall.

Behind a hardware filewall.

And I placed the order to Kreiger over the phone...

[poke]

I'm curious why you don't think a site that stores credit-card info for a vast number of people is a much more appealing target than some random guy on the Internet?

A lot of these little mom-and-pop eCommerce sites have no concept of security at all. Actually, even with a lot of the big sites, security is mostly lip-service. The folks who maintain it are never the same people that set it up, and everything has been outsourced to the lowest-bidder.

Mike

[Gman]

The big dogs making thousands of credit card transactions per year have to follow Payment Card Industry standards for security and compliance. They are a tough nut to crack.

Michael, are you really using Safari? I tried it on my Intel Macs and it's just miserably slow. I ended up using Firefox.

[michael_aos]

The big dogs making thousands of credit card transactions per year have to follow Payment Card Industry standards for security and compliance. They are a tough nut to crack.

Michael, are you really using Safari? I tried it on my Intel Macs and it's just miserably slow. I ended up using Firefox.

I know, and yes you're right. I didn't say what I meant. I don't know much about the way the "big dogs" do things.

I have been exposed to the back-end systems of big companies with an internet presence. Things aren't as ship-shape as you'd like to believe.

I suspect it's a lot like "you wouldn't eat in that restaurant if you saw what happens in the kitchen".

As far as Safari, what exactly seems slow to you? I can't say I've experienced that. Are you on a broadband connection?

Mike

[shrapmetal]

it would be easy to get your number even without a computer transaction. my company is all face to face and i accept around $8,000 a month in card payments. every payment made is all on paper. name, number, experation, ect. i also have 10 people working for me that could gain access to the card numbers. all they would have to do is write the number down after ringing up the sale. i would never know. now think of how many places you use your card that have minimum wage people handeling the trans action. every time you use your card you are handing your number out to almost every person that works there. preety scary when you think of it.