Good ol' credit card fraud

[hypernova]

Got a call today from our company, saying there was suspicious activity.  That, as we later find out, is one of those classic understatements.

Was called at work, and they said there were three charges.  The first was from today, for $2.40 from something that I couldn't understand at the time, nor could my wife when I got home and called the number back.  It spouted a bunch of numbers, which made me think it was something done online.  Couldn't check the other charges until I checked with my wife, who was off work today, so I didn't think anything of it in actuality.

Came home, checked with her, and while she did make some small purchases, these were not it.  We called back, and got in touch with a human, and they explained that the $2.40 was for Premier Hotels.  Then we found out that there were more than just three, most if not all at apparently very luxurious hotels.  Don't know the locations and exact charges, but we should get a listing at some point to see what exactly was charged and where.  At the end, the guy says he'll credit back $6000+ in charges! 

I wonder if this is due to that breach a month or two ago at that one company...

[Justin Z]

Yikes.  That is insane.  The worst I ever got was a $50 charge for some random internet site or another.

[drventure]

Once had a bunch of airline tickets purchased on a card of mine. I happened to catch it just an hour or so after the charges were made when I did a pull in Quicken.

Called the CC Company and reported it. They credited all the charges and sent me a new card. Always wondered if whoever bought the tickets actually tried to use them....

[BadMouth]

A few years ago I got a call from a computer dealer to make sure that it was OK to ship a laptop to a different address than what was on my credit card.
Before giving it any thought, I said that I hadn't ordered anything from them.  Then I asked what the address was that it was to be shipped to and they refused to tell me.
It was charged to MY credit card and you refuse to tell me where it's being shipped to?!?!!  Protect criminals much?!  
Of course I wouldn't give them any more of my info than they already had, and at this point all I knew they had was my name, address & phone number.
They said they'd tell the credit card company if there was an investigation, but not me.  

So I called the card company and they didn't even bother investigating it since the vendor reversed the charge.
All they did was send me a new card.  It was a real vendor though.

[hypernova]

Probably to stop vigilantism, but I would hope they at least let the authorities know when they reported it (if they reported it).  Still sounds odd they wouldn't tell you, though.

[BadMouth]

Probably to stop vigilantism

It did.

But I wouldn't have just done something to the person at that address.
I'd had something shipped there to see if someone else picked it up.

[knave]

I was out of the country when my Folks asked me why I purchased a bunch of auto parts from the midwest. (I live in CA).

Someone got ahold of my number and placed a phone order. It was eventually reversed but the vendor fought tooth and nail. I guess they sent the stuff. I got a copy of the invoice but the address was blacked out and neither they nor the CC company would tel me. Which was ok because I was pissed and had dreams of showing up there.