SCAM Check Your Walmart Accounts

[Redcat]

Someone used my Discover card to order stuff on Walmart yesterday. There were only two sites with my card info, Geico and Walmart.

So when I check my account today (I check daily), I see a Walmart transaction dated 7/1. Uh not me, I never left the house yesterday and I checked the site and I didn't sleep order anything. So I froze the card, then had a lovely ten minute wait to be connected to fraud. All went smoothly, the transaction was still listed as pending, I confirmed it was not me, no one else has access to my card. They are issuing a new card and this one is closed. I will not be responsible for the fraud, of course.

I removed the card from the Walmart website.

Same thing happened before with Amazon and my Chase card I used with them a couple of years ago. Since then I only use Amazon gift cards for anything I want to purchase (I get them at the drug store). I guess I will only use Walmart gift cards from now on for purchases on Walmart.com.

Check your accounts often. The criminals are thick out there.

 

[Warthog]

Never leave your card numbers on remember!!

 

[hiwall]

Never leave your card numbers on remember!!

Companies Always "remember" your card info. It remains on their computers forever.
We do everything on-line and pay everything everywhere with our credit card (to get the cash back). We have never had an issue and if we did the card companies do not charge you for illegal charges on your account. Most people have had their credit cards hacked in the past. Your card company will close that account and quickly issue you a new card. Credit cards are about as safe a way to pay as there is available.

But yes, watch your billing so you can report illegal card usage.

 

[phloydius]

You probably already know this, but for anyone that does not -- It would be a good idea to change your password on your Walmart account as well, to something unique that is not used anywhere else.

 

[Redcat]

You probably already know this, but for anyone that does not -- It would be a good idea to change your password on your Walmart account as well, to something unique that is not used anywhere else.

That was the second thing I did.

 

[Redcat]

Also, I just looked at my Walmart info and had to verify my email and phone number with codes. So obviously Discover has let them know I was hacked.

 

[etdeb]

I finally gave up on Discover a few years ago after 3 hacks and cards replaced. Also Amazon MC ha ked 2 times.

 

[Redcat]

I finally gave up on Discover a few years ago after 3 hacks and cards replaced. Also Amazon MC ha ked 2 times.

I never carry my Discover card. Normally I use it for the car insurance payment and that’s about it. The only other place is the odd Walmart.com order.

It obviously got hacked on Walmart, so I have removed it from there and Geico. And I will send a check for the insurance from now on.

I am super glad I check my accounts daily.

 

[Donghe Surfer]

If someone has not mentioned.... try to have any credit card send you an e-mail (and even text message) for any purchase over $1. That's usually the low limit the Apps set. So, I always get at least an e-mail whenever I or the missus purchases something. If I don't recognize it, then bells go off, naturally.
This can be done in Settings either on the bank website or bank App.

 

[Redcat]

Another thing I do weekly is check my credit report for any unknown activity.

My Chase card offers this with Credit Journey and it’s free. I get to see all open accounts and amounts due, closed accounts etc. Anything funky and I can dig deeper.

 

[ktrapper]

All C cards stay locked. I never use a debit card on line, never leave a card on a website and have a alert for every purchase over $10.

 

[Fairwillows]

I checked my Walmart acct. I deleted bank card months ago, so it was find. However 2 different bank accts. have been hacked in the past month. Amazon and ebay were hacked this week. I mentioned on another thread that I got a notification from Amazon that my 5 ft. collapsible coffin would arrive shortly. checked my acct, changed password, deleted item and notified Amazon. All is well today. I don't have my card info on ebay. And on Amazon, I keep the main card as an empty gift card, so any purchases are immediately denied. Sad place that we have arrived at, and i know, it's only going to get worse.

 

[Blacknarwhal]

Never leave your card numbers on remember!!

It's true. Manual input is really the only way to go. The notion of someone getting a keylogger into your system is a lot less likely than someone seizing data from a corporate system.

 

[kite]

I have a BoA Mastercard and a Discover card. Discover has way better rewards discount offers, but I was getting fraudulent charges every 3 to 6 months on Discover. I have switched to using MC for everything except when I have a large one time purchase I use Discover.
MC gets fraudulent charges about once per year now.

 

[vessie]

If someone has not mentioned.... try to have any credit card send you an e-mail (and even text message) for any purchase over $1. That's usually the low limit the Apps set. So, I always get at least an e-mail whenever I or the missus purchases something. If I don't recognize it, then bells go off, naturally.
This can be done in Settings either on the bank website or bank App.

My best friend’s husband did this.

So every time we went shopping, the guys would all sit around and Lou’s phone would go off with the ringtone he chose.

The ringtone was the sound of a toilet flushing.

I only found this out when she and the other gals went shopping and I stayed at the lake house with the guys.

Lou’s phone would be going off with the toilet flush and I said, “The girls must be at Walmart now”. Lol! V

 

[hiwall]

Back when I bought from Amazon I removed my credit card number. The next time I bought something it asked if I wanted to use card # such and such. They had NOT removed my card from their real files only off my account page that I could see. Liars.

 

[meezy]

Credit cards are fairly worry-free, as long as your bank has a good fraud-protection policy.

But do NOT use debit cards. They don't typically have the same protection.

A friend of mine was recently relieved of $6K by using a debit card for an online purchase.

I'm still not clear on how this happened -- she says she called the company directly using the correct number and a scammer answered, somehow. It doesn't make sense to me (unless she's wrong about the phone number of course). But regardless, she'd still be fine if she used a credit card instead of a debit card. FTR she is actually afraid of getting a credit card for some reason. *shrug*

 

[Tristan]

It's true. Manual input is really the only way to go. The notion of someone getting a keylogger into your system is a lot less likely than someone seizing data from a corporate system.

The Corporate hack is the far bigger, juicier target!

 

[Blacknarwhal]

The Corporate hack is the far bigger, juicier target!

A lot bigger than trying to put keyloggers on individual systems and hoping someone types a credit card number.

 

[Texican]

Master Card:
Earlier this year, the DW and I purchased items at Walmart. Later I received emails and texts about charges at Walmart. I contacted my Master Card carrier and informed them that we did not make these charges and both of our Master Cards were in our possession.

Someone at the Walmart store had to grab the credit card number and used it. All of the charges were removed and new cards were sent out.

The DW ordered a manual treadmill which was never delivered. I contested the charge and the company sent a USPS notice to Master Card that a delivery was made to our city but not to our address. Our local USPS stated in a letter that the delivery receipt was not to our address and that USPS had not delivered any packages to us. The charge was removed.

Discover:
In the 1990's, I ordered new Discover cards for the DW and I. The DW's Discover card was received, but my Discover card was not received. We went shopping that Saturday morning and used my Discover card for a fuel purchase. When we got home, there was a recording on the land live from Discover about charges made in Las Vegas. It turned out that nearly $20,000 of charges were made in Las Vegas. I talked to the Discover Fraud Department about the charges and informed them that we had not been in Las Vegas and that I used the Discover card at a local gas station that morning. There was just sufficient funds on the credit card to make the fuel purchase.

I also informed the Discover that I had ordered Discover cards for the DW and I and only the DW's card was received. That my card had to be taken by a Discover employee to allow these fraudulent charges to be made in Las Vegas. There had to be videos of the individual or individuals making these charges since one of the charges was for cash at a casino.

Discover removed all of the fraudulent charges and sent us new credit cards.

Credit Cards:
The credit card companies have developed to where any charge comes in can result in an email and or text sent to you in minutes if not seconds of a charge being made so you can contest the charges if the charges are fraudulent.

If you have a fraudulent charges or charges, work with the credit card company to have the charges removed.

Texican....

 

[Bps1691]

Someone used my Discover card to order stuff on Walmart yesterday. There were only two sites with my card info, Geico and Walmart.

So when I check my account today (I check daily), I see a Walmart transaction dated 7/1. Uh not me, I never left the house yesterday and I checked the site and I didn't sleep order anything. So I froze the card, then had a lovely ten minute wait to be connected to fraud. All went smoothly, the transaction was still listed as pending, I confirmed it was not me, no one else has access to my card. They are issuing a new card and this one is closed. I will not be responsible for the fraud, of course.

I removed the card from the Walmart website.

Same thing happened before with Amazon and my Chase card I used with them a couple of years ago. Since then I only use Amazon gift cards for anything I want to purchase (I get them at the drug store). I guess I will only use Walmart gift cards from now on for purchases on Walmart.com.

Check your accounts often. The criminals are thick out there.

I’ve had the same thing with Walmart. I only use the pick up orders there and was the only place that had the card on file or where I had used the card in many months

someone charged a netflicks account to it

had to go thru the cancel card and get a new one thing

 

[Caplock50]

I have only a debit card, which I use to buy my groceries and car gas with...and other such stuff. My 'big monthly bills', I tell my 'bank' the amount to send to their 'bank'...and pay them that way. It has worked out just great for me so far. I had my phone service through 'sprint' for a good long while. Then they claimed I had missed a payment. I checked my records and I had made it. Then I checked with my bank and their records showed I'd made it. Sprint continued to claim I hadn't made that payment. They even sent me copies of their paperwork claiming it showed I hadn't made it. I checked it over...it actually showed the payment had been received. I pointed it out to them but they still claimed it hadn't been paid. It took 4 months before they finally gave up and sent me back the money I'd continued to send as my regular monthly bill. And guess what...if I'd have shorted them as they claimed, that amount would have been for only 4 months worth of payments. What it was was for 5 months worth of payments. In the note they sent along with the money, they said that if I wanted to continue service with them to just send the 4 months worth of money I now owe them back to them. I sent them the 4 month's worth I owed but also told them to cancel my service. You see what happened...they wound up cheating themselves. Sprint even argued with my bank all through it. On my 'okay', my bank sent the copies of the monthly bill payments being sent to Sprint. And my bank even sent them a 'copy' of the receipt they sent to my bank showing that they had received it and 'cashed the check'.

Oh and at the start of it all...I told them that $100.00 was to me like $100,000.00 is to them.

And I'm sticking with my bank; they stood by my side through all of that...and we won.

On a 'side note', my bank proudly flies the Christian flag on the flagpole just outside their front door.