Current Events > someone just ordered $500 of SSD's on my amazon account... but using their card?

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I cancelled the order, changed my password and added 2-step verification with my phone

I check payment options and it shows information for a lady from california (I live in nyc) with her address and phone number and a visa ending in a 4 digit number that isn't any of my cards. I also don't keep any of my cards stored on my account to begin with

wtf? what would be the purpose? just to use my prime? I'm tempted to call her lmao
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Probably not her card.
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LightHawKnight posted...

Probably not her card.

This. Stolen card on a stolen account

I had my credit card number used somewhere in New Jersey to buy cigarettes. I was absolutely livid. At least try to buy a fucking TV or something with your damn stolen credit card information. That just absolutely destroyed my self esteem to know my card is only worth some cigarettes. ._.
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call her TC, because its not her using her card.
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Lucky you caught that. If it went through and she filed a claim with her card company it would come back to your account and get you in a mess. Id still contact amazon to let them know.
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you guys are right, it was being sent to an address in upstate NY near vermont
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ThePieReborn posted...

I had my credit card number used somewhere in New Jersey to buy cigarettes. I was absolutely livid. At least try to buy a fucking TV or something with your damn stolen credit card information. That just absolutely destroyed my self esteem to know my card is only worth some cigarettes. ._.

I had my number used to buy 10 dollars worth of gas in Southern California.
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now that I know it wasn't her, i'm gonna text her instead of call her cause I was ready to rip on her and if it's not her then I don't wanna bother her if she's in the middle of working. it's her number that was used cause it's a cali number
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ThyCorndog posted...

I don't wanna bother her if she's in the middle of working

She's ordering stuff from Amazon. She's not working.
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ThePieReborn posted...

I had my credit card number used somewhere in New Jersey to buy cigarettes. I was absolutely livid. At least try to buy a fucking TV or something with your damn stolen credit card information. That just absolutely destroyed my self esteem to know my card is only worth some cigarettes. ._.

Theyre testing it. It looks suspect if they try for a huge purpose and something goes wrong/they cant provide ID, etc. so they test it small, see if you notice then go up from there.
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It's probably card fraud, report it or you'll likely end up with your Amazon account being frozen/suspended.

file a police report so the thief has a paper trail and doesn't just get away with it.
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Nuffinz0rz posted...

ThyCorndog posted...

I don't wanna bother her if she's in the middle of working

She's ordering stuff from Amazon. She's not working.

it's not her. she lives in long beach CA and whoever ordered this wanted it delivered to upstate NY
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well I texted her and told her about it and asked if it was her card, visa ending in those numbers. now i'm looking into contacting amazon but none of the shit fits what i'm trying to tell them. the only thing near it is phishing emails but that's not what this is
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my coworkers wallet got stolen once and someone used her company credit card to buy eggrolls and liquor
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ThyCorndog posted...

well I texted her and told her about it and asked if it was her card, visa ending in those numbers. now i'm looking into contacting amazon but none of the shit fits what i'm trying to tell them. the only thing near it is phishing emails but that's not what this is

I've had several cases resolved with Amazon support through the chat. It doesn't matter which option you pick, they will ultimately transfer you to the right person to help you.

Give it a try.

Amazon has one of the best customer support I've seen, at least through the chat.
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i'm on the phone with em ye
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That happened to me once on Best Buy's website. Someone had ordered a $2000 laptop under my account (to be delivered to an address that according to Google Earth didn't actually exist), but they used their own credit card to pay for it, so...I don't really know what the motivation was.

I did have my debit card skimmed once and got a phone call from my bank warning me about a possibly fraudulent charge. Got on the website, looked it up, and there was a $300 charge to a Walmart that I'd never been to in my life, plus a charge at a gas station in Kansas. I called the Walmart manager and told them about it, and the bank reversed the charges and cancelled the card. After that I downloaded the app and started locking my new card when I'm not using it.
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Yeah, they've probably got an online store set up where they use stolen accounts and card numbers to fill seemingly legitimate orders on other accounts.
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DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted...

That happened to me once on Best Buy's website. Someone had ordered a $2000 laptop under my account (to be delivered to an address that according to Google Earth didn't actually exist), but they used their own credit card to pay for it, so...I don't really know what the motivation was.

It likely wasn't their credit card.
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do you guys think it's safe to assume that the address the stuff was being sent to is the person ordering it?
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Serious Cat posted...

DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted...

That happened to me once on Best Buy's website. Someone had ordered a $2000 laptop under my account (to be delivered to an address that according to Google Earth didn't actually exist), but they used their own credit card to pay for it, so...I don't really know what the motivation was.

It likely wasn't their credit card.

True, but I didn't think about that at the time due to the strangeness of the situation.
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also the lady in cali doesn't seem to believe me. I texted her the situation and she only said "who is this"
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ThyCorndog posted...

do you guys think it's safe to assume that the address the stuff was being sent to is the person ordering it?

Mmm...I'd say it's probably more likely to be an address that the 'purchaser' (and I use that word loosely) has staked out as whoever lives there typically isn't around, i.e. it'll be easy to follow the delivery schedule and snatch the package once it's dropped off.
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ThyCorndog posted...

also the lady in cali doesn't seem to believe me. I texted her the situation and she only said "who is this"

Take screenshots of the transaction info (erasing any identifying data) and send them to her.
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ThyCorndog posted...

do you guys think it's safe to assume that the address the stuff was being sent to is the person ordering it?

No. It's more likely than not a third party.

To clarify, they're the ones ordering, but not the ones buying. They'll order from an eBay or Amazon store, the one placing the order will pay the fraudulent store who uses stolen data to ship the item using stolen credit card info. They'll keep the money they got from the one placing the order and use the stolen card to make the payment.
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ThyCorndog posted...

also the lady in cali doesn't seem to believe me. I texted her the situation and she only said "who is this"

Im a stranger whos amazon account was hacked to buy something with your credit card. Please contact your cc company immediately to have your card info changed
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well when you put it that way

yeah this is stupid. there's like no way I don't look like i'm trying to scam her or whatever and I'm just trying to tell her that her card info is compromised ayy lmao
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Just let Amazon handle it. They have access to information on all sides that you don't.
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nah she's cool. she thanked me for letting her know

I guess that's it then. if there's no way to know if the 3rd address is the fraudulent purchaser or not, there's nothing really else to do. jeez, first time this kinda shit happened to me
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ThyCorndog posted...

if there's no way to know if the 3rd address is the fraudulent purchaser or not, there's nothing really else to do.

Amazon has access to IP information. They'll take care of it.
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Serious Cat posted...

ThyCorndog posted...

if there's no way to know if the 3rd address is the fraudulent purchaser or not, there's nothing really else to do.

Amazon has access to IP information. They'll take care of it.

It's not implausible that these very orders are being placed through proxies or compromised machines, in addition to the compromised cards and billing addresses.
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kinda wish TC chewed out the person over the phone right after >< would of been a better end.
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kingdrake2 posted...

kinda wish TC chewed out the person over the phone right after >< would of been a better end.

I was ready to do it to the lady but cooler heads prevailed cause then I checked the address and realized it wasn't her. we were both being duped
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ThePieReborn posted...

I had my credit card number used somewhere in New Jersey to buy cigarettes. I was absolutely livid. At least try to buy a fucking TV or something with your damn stolen credit card information. That just absolutely destroyed my self esteem to know my card is only worth some cigarettes. ._.

LMAO
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HagenEx posted...

Amazon has one of the best customer support I've seen, at least through the chat.

Meh, I spent months using the chat in order to get my stuff. Bought an item that was sold by Amazon themselves, after a week was told it would be 2-3 weeks before shipping, and then it turned into an infinite 'backorder' status for 8 months.

Contacted customer support and they said I should buy it from a 3rd party seller that had it available and that they would ship it expedited for free, but I declined, as the item I wanted was suffering from fakes going around at the time (labels would read 32GB or the write speed as a certain rate but others who did testing revealed much lower specs/

EpicMickeyDrew posted...

ThePieReborn posted...

I had my credit card number used somewhere in New Jersey to buy cigarettes. I was absolutely livid. At least try to buy a fucking TV or something with your damn stolen credit card information. That just absolutely destroyed my self esteem to know my card is only worth some cigarettes. ._.

LMAO

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