Report Your Small Fraudulent Charges
If you got hit with a small fraudulent charge (AKA spam charge) on your credit or debit card, please comment about it here and let the searching world know!
For information about Spam Charges, visit digitalagefraud.com.
I just added a new post focuses on DECORATION ART, LLC — comment there on that charge and here for others.
My CC was fraudulently charged. The transaction was charged for “CCBill.com *Bri 888-5969279 AZ” for the amount of $19.95.
I called CCBill.com and they told me the charge was made to beautyisdivine.com (porno site). CCBill.com was not able to credit me back due to their failure to verify that I was not the one who made the charge because the thief used my real address and credit card info even though email address was different.
I called my CC company and cancelled the cards. What steps can I take to prevent these from happening in the future?
My visa Card was charged $9.95 in March, then again in April for the same amount, listed on my bank statement as “babyboomerpPM *babybo”.
I HAD a membership on a site that began with the name Baby Boomer BUT had cancelled my membership a couple of months ago.!
I also found another website that lists this phone# as “Awareness Corporation Corporate site”, described as “Offers information on personal health and well being.
Distributor opportunity”
http://www.awarecorp.com/
http://www.awarecorp.com/main.html
I reported it to my bank and they told me to call the phone#, which I did, it is an automatic answering machine identifying itself as “peoplemedia online dating sites”.
I sent an e-mail telling them to send me a refund check within two weeks to avoid a lawsuit and told them I am reporting them to the BBB for fraud. We shall see if they refund my money.
I hope these people get stopped from ripping innocent people off.
Thanks for the opportunity to state my case.
These bums fraduently charged my debit card three times in the amount of $13.90 each for a total of $41.70. The information comes up as 2 different dating services that I have never had any dealings with! After doing a google search, I discovered many complaints about this corporation. I don’t know how they got my account information, but I believe they are the thieves, and not some individual! I’m angry and I will take every possible action to put these freaks in jail!!!!
I had to report fraudulent charges for a:
Aslene’s Reads E-Books
Out of FL
(407)964-1075 – This was the number listed with my bank.
The charge was for $6.95.
People Piss Me Off!!!!
I had a fraudulant charge from Aslene Reads E-Books as well on June 27, 2008. The number by bank gave me was 407-964-3142 and when I called it it was not in service (BIG SURPRISE!) The charge was $4.95 but still this is MY money!
I have a fraudulent charge on my CC of 4.95 from Aslene Reads E.Books. I am worried about them having my CC numbers. The phone number on my CC is 407-964-1075. I called it and got a message of “unavailable”. My CC company did credit my account. They recommended I report my card lost and get a new number. I will be calling the BBB.
Be aware!
i do not want to b charge for something i do not even go on i took it off and you are still takeing money from me so take the damn thing off and stop takeing my money
–[editor note] Dude, this is a place where people can let others know about the fraudulent charges they have been victim to, so others can know.
I too have been charged by Aslene Gaming which is supposed to be part of Aslene Reads E.Books. Please, be careful and immediately report it to your bank and change cards. If anyone knows what else can be done please speak up because at $6.00 a person this company is making a lot of money. I’ll let you know if I find out anything else.
Be wary.
Just got scammed by CCBill.com 888-5969279! OR my Husband is looking at porn again. I am going to confront him tonight to see what webpages he is looking at and call the number and demand my money back. I am seriously mad considering I have thousands of debt right now and can’t deal with another person taking my money nor can I afford it.
A $ 4.95 charge came up on my account from
aslene gaming also. I have disputed it, and
also have closed this account and am getting
a new one.
DON’T BE AFRAID TO DISPUTE CHARGES!
I have a $6.95 charge on my account from Aslene Reads ebooks and I know for a fact that I havent purchased anything from them. How did you guys handle it?
Shannopn,
The best thing to do is to call your CC company or bank and tell them that is a fraudulent charge and that you want to dispute it. They should remove it immediately. The best thing to do would be to ask for a new account number, too, since the bad guys have your number.
I also have had a $4.95 charge on my account from Aslene Gaming (I’m in NC). My bank actually caught this as a fraud charge before I even saw it and immediately put a restriction on my card. These frauds must raise a red flag when the banks see this company now!
i keep get billed for things i havnt used on mervynwoodcock@yahoo.co.nz and also mervynw@ihug .co.nz
I got a $4.95 charge for “ASLINE GAMING” on my statement. This is immediately following a fraudulent charge RE: EDGE company. The # listed for ASLINE is: 407-9641075. It comes back as disconnected.
If you get ANY of these SPAM charges, report it to your bank and/or card carrier and CANCEL your card IMMEDIATELY. The SPAm charges are monitors to your account and it’s only a matter of time before your entire paycheck dissapears into someone’s pocket in Romania.
Iwe got a 6.95 charge on our CC from aslene gaming out of FL. called the number and it was disconnected. What can be done?
Rodney,
Not much can be done. Reporting here is the first good step to alert others. Then call your credit card company or bank and tell them it is fraudulent and to remove the charge. Ask them to give you a new card number so the bad guys can’t hit it again.
That’s the thing about spam charges, they are too small for any law enforcement to care.
Aslene Gaming in Florida got me for $4.95 this month.
All those hit by Aslene Gaming and the like, do you have any affiliations with CitiBank, Bank Of America, State Farm or Equifax.
The thought occurred to me after I was hit for $4.95 that there must be something we all have in common. Please answer if you want/can.
I was charged $ 4.95 by Aslene Gaming on 8/9/08. Their phone number is 407-964-1075 but is not in service. Beware.
I have been hit by Aslene e books twice in 4 months for $6.95. I reported as fraud both times to credit card. Second time they closed the account number and issued a new one.
I have also been ripped off of 11.95, 65.00 & 65.00 just this morning. I would like to infrom you all…..if you have called and asked for a refund and they tell you that they are unable to give you a refund because they can’t verify that the charge wasn’t you…..you need to file a police report with your local police department. Then you need to call them back with the police report number and ask again for your refund. If you tell them on the first call that you are filing a police report they may just refund your money right then. Ask to speek to a supervisor right off the bat. Don’t give them a chance to say NO. I have had this happen to me 5 times in the last 5 days and I didn’t order any of the items that total more then 150.00. THIS IS FRAUD guys and it’s against the law. You are being ripped off by companies that are probably going out of business and they only way they are surviving is by stealing your information off of an ligitimate transaction that you made with an honest company. Don’t accept NO Refund for an answer.
I found a fraudulent charge in the amount of $423.80!!!!! It was used in person with a debit card and I’ve never had my card out of my possession so now I really don’t know how to watch out anymore! The culprit messed me up perfectly, i was on my way to pay tuition when i found out about it. They are the reason I can’t go to school this coming semester (which was supposed to be my last semester of college). Needless to say, I am very ticked off about this.
I was charged $50 and $20 eo my credit card. So far no luck in getting it refunded.
This burns me, I now have to cancel the card and start over with a new account.
I recived a charge for 11.89 on my check card from promosdesign.com. I do not use this card for online purchases. The phone number listed is 540-317-3245. When I called I was told they are busy and to send an email to support@. The website listed is not an active business and only has links to other sites. I contacted my bank and they cancelled the old card and issued a new one. If you get a charge from this company don’t hesitate to dispute it!
I work in IT and did a WHOIS at whois.net to determine site ownership and found that the site is owned by godaddy.com. I have never done business with them and it looks like the site domain may be for sale.
I got 4 hits by ccbill in the amount of $100 each in December, one right after the other, to my credit card. My bank caught it immediately and notified me of the suspicious charges, we determined the chages were fradulent and my bank removed them and issued me a new card.
I was notified by PayPal that my account had been charged $300 by HGOHandago. I checked the PayPal site and indeed they had sent the charge to my CC for the amount. There is no site for HGOHandago but Google brought up many fraud notices for this name, mostly billed through PayPal. I filed a dispute with PayPal, sill investigating, and with my CC. The CC immediately reversed the charge.
I am amazed that PayPal is still accepting charges form these people with all the reports of fraud out there.
I received a charge for 10.29 from this website. It goes to Godaddy.com. They will not address the issue. Contact the bank/credit card company right away and disput the charge and cancel any cards.
I received a fraudulent charge for $12.79 from http://www.promosdesign.com Never done business with them, no idea who they are. As someone else mentioned website came through Go Daddy.com…..contact bank, dispute charges and cancel card.
Also received charge for $12.79 for wwww.promosdesign.com. Couldn’t find any information on them. Canceled card & disputing charge.
I got a charge from”WWW.PROMOSDESIGN.COM” on my card. I do not know where this came from either.I am disputing it.
I got a fraudulent charge from CCBill.com *The Greta Ta 888-5969279 AZ for $29. I disputed the charge with my credit card company, and I’ll see if it ever happens again.
I got two charges totalling $270 to my credit card. This is obviously a scam or this company is very good at doing business with stolen credit cards. Disgusting… This is how the bill showed in my statement:
CCBill.com *Peanut Labs 888-5969279 AZ
I also have a fraudulent charges into my card from CCbill.com 1888 596 9279 I called them and they can’t refund me because they can’t verify it exactly if I did not purchase an item from sexbrowsing.com
I need this site band! They are fraud. Why they successfully charged somebody for not verifying if it was legitimate purchaser.
I just got two charges on my account, one for $20 from ccbill. com. I called them and they reported there was a charge and they are refunding me the money, only due to the fact before the charge i had reported it stolen. They are supposed to refund that back to me. And the other charge was to the American Red Cross for $100. I find that really strange someone would do that. Ive contacted my bank and trying to get a hold of the red cross. We will see.
From Bob via email:
Hi -I have just found your site with the detials of Hgo Handango fraud . My visa card has a $55.94USD payment that is an illegal item. The details are 866-576-0596 #9145.
moneynowusa debited 29.95 out of my debit card and i never had any dealings with their company.i tried to contact them at the number they left 1-877-510-5000 and it is just a recording and will not allow you to speak with anyone.i have been debited for other services i never received as well and no way to contact them.i now have cancelled my account.
A NetFlix account holder tried to use my debit card by posting a $1.00 Pending Charge to my bank account. NetFlix knows who the party is but will not divulge any information to me. All they did was cancel the charge.
My bank has canceled the card and will reissue but this does nothing to catch the thieve(s).
I reported it to secretservice.gov but doubt they will do anything either. We need somewhere to go to report these things so the thieve(s) are caught and stopped.
Had two small (under $10) charges against my debit card. The charges were from different company names, different times – but both supposedly based in FL: Let Me Do It, LLC (Pompano Beach) and cheapestthemes.com. Of course, I hadn’t ever ordered anything from either of these outfits. I called my bank, reported the fraud, and had a new card issued. The bottom line is this: regardless of WHO the company is (in my case they both appeared to be fronts for laundering funds from stolen card #’s – not even legitimate businesses), if you have bogus charges on your account, it means that your card information has been compromised. IMMEDIATELY call your bank (or credit card company). Tell them that your card information has been compromised, and don’t use the word “dispute”, use the word “fraud” – and ask for a new card #. Then file a complaint with the BBB and police (if you can),and your state attorney general’s office. In my case, I also filed with IC3.gov (federal internet crime unit) and e-mailed everyone I know to warn them about fastidiously checking their accounts for very small discrepancies from companies whose names they don’t recognize. Hope this helps!
Shawn,
Wow does that sound familiar! Cell phone themes instead of website themes, but all the same MO!
I also had a fraudulant charge on my PayPal account with my Ebay Mastercard with a company called HGO Handango. On July 3rd they charged my card $439.51 for something I didn’t buy or ever receive. I called Paypal Immediatly and also Ebay Mastercard GE Moneybank and filed a claim. I waited for MONTHS to have them solve this and now was just told (Dec 4th) that they sent me a letter in October about it and put the charge back on my card! This is outrageous! I never purchased anything nor did I even know what HGO Handango was!
HGO HANDANGO: I was worried this was fraudulent too but after researching my emails, it turned out to be software I purchased from Splash Data.
“All of SplashData’s products are available for immediate download from http://www.splashdata.com as well as from online resellers like Handango and PalmGear.”
I have three pending charges on my debit card which is very scary as it hard to dispute such charges. I cancelled the card tonight. The three charges look like they were for makeup and porn. I am single so it wasn’t an errant partner. Chase says they will refund the charges and take them up with the vendor if they go through. I HAVE my debit card in my wallet so it means that someone apparently stole a replacement card from the mail.
I would disagree.. In my research, I found people who received their cards, but didn’t activate them yet getting hit with fraudulent charges. I think there are some bad guys who are very deep, maybe into the banks or merchant networks…
I had 3 transactions against my credit card, my cc bank is looking into this problem.
CCBill.com 888-5969279 AZ $32-00
TJ-EXPRESSCOLLECT.COM +44 20313990GBR
##0110 24.94 US DOLLAR
INTERACTIVE GALLERY 06616219337 CO
##0110 19.95 US DOLLAR
Can you be more specific about who this $79.83 went to?
I also have 3 separate charges from TJ-EXPRESSCOLLECT.COM total of about $65.
I went ahead and typed that website on my browser and directed me to thesupportbank.com
I contacted the customer service and they said that they cannot find my information from their database. I dunno how they were able to charge my card when I have nothing to do with them..
Scary world!
I found 17 pending debit card charges, 10 of them from ccbill.com. I called their customer support. The man said that the charges were made using the correct name and address information. However, he was able to trace the IP address, and the charges were made from Georgia… rather far from Washington. They said they are refunding my money, and it will all be back in my bank account within 10 business days. Fingers crossed.
Obviously, had to cancel my debit card… pain in the ass… and about $400 of my money is tied up for a couple of weeks. Plus, there is somebody, somewhere where I made a purchase, using or selling customer information. I’m looking back at my purchase records to see if anybody is in Georgia.
If… longshot… the evildoers are caught, I’m betting drugs and alcohol were involved. Those are behind most money crimes these days.
I was charged on my credit card with
T.J.-EXPRESSCOLLECT.COM two amounts on the same date March 4,2010..$32.53 and $1.09
Don’t know where they are from???
I had two charges to my debit card :
GREAT ELECTRONICS for 7.48
PRECISION BUILDERS for 9.00 even. Still have the card, so someone got a hold of it somewhere…have since canceled the card.