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Sat on couch with mrs and phone gets a few text pings off the trot. Its off the bank saying theres unusual activity on my card. I goes on the banking app to find 4 payments to bet365 totaling £270. Freeze card quickly.
I was just warning mrs that she shouldnt click on any links via facebook especially ones selling handbags at great prices.
 
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Not so good.

Does your bank refund these fraudulent transactions?
Do you replace card with new one & new number?
 
☹️ How did they get the card details Wallace? Did she try to buy a handbag?
There are some extremely dodgy ads on facebook who aren't in the least interested in removing them.
 
Good that it got picked up quickly but it doesn’t make it any more palatable for you and Mrs Wallace.

A good way to reduce the risk of card fraud is to try and use Apple or Google Pay as opposed to a physical card or putting details on a payment systems.

Alongside the likes of Facebook doing the right thing the big bookmakers could also do a lot more to stop their accounts being used as mules.
 
sorry to hear this, I hope you get the money back, they really are scumbags, when I got money stolen I kept pushing the bank to give me the details of the hacker and IP address but they couldn't do it, even though they probably know, go to the bank and talk to a manager they should be able to quickly sort you out.
 
Phil said:
:mad:
Not so good.

Does your bank refund these fraudulent transactions?
Do you replace card with new one & new number?
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Yes if they look out of normal from your usual activity, one had gone through but the other three were pending because the bank had frozen the card already. Thats pretty good I think.

Lons said:
☹️ How did they get the card details Wallace? Did she try to buy a handbag?
There are some extremely dodgy ads on facebook who aren't in the least interested in removing them.
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Dont know Bob, but I highly suspect wifes phone activity. I'm not blameless though I did buy something from tiktok a while back.

thetyreman said:
sorry to hear this, I hope you get the money back, they really are scumbags, when I got money stolen I kept pushing the bank to give me the details of the hacker and IP address but they couldn't do it, even though they probably know, go to the bank and talk to a manager they should be able to quickly sort you out.
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My town doesnt have any banks anymore, we did have 7 but apparently people dont use them anymore. We are getting a banking hub but it can only deal with certain things :mad:
Anyway all sorted now, new card on its way.
 
I use a revolut card a lot for online stuff, they offer the ability to use a one time virtual card. Activate it on the app use it for your purchase then it disappears never to be used again. it means all I need to do is move enough into teh account to cover my purchase and once the transaction is complete the card details are destroyed so useless if anyone tries to use it again.
 
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