I got a text from my credit card co. asking me to identify a number of purchases - most I’d not made so they cancelled my card and sent me a new one.
When I could eventually get onto my account I found a couple more from Amazon that I hadn’t made.
Then followed several hours phoning Amazon and the CC co. who seem to be based in India .
Had to convince Amazon a bit that I hadn’t made the purchases and then they acknowledge that they had been bought by a different person not living at my address.
Logged onto my CC account this afternoon to find some more purchases had been made on the card that was supposed to be cancelled!!
More phone calls to India with more assurances that it would be sorted out.
The bank told me that they came suspicious when a payment for £1 was made followed by one for £1500 then £10.32 from Tesco. They hadn’t spotted the Amazon purchases and they had gone through.
I can understand that a thief might guess a number but how the pin that must have been required at Tesco.
I haven’t dared give the new card to Amazon or use it elsewhere.
Rod