Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Credit Card Fraud

I recently noticed a charge on my debit card from a company titled (on my debit card statement) WLI*SHOPPERDISCO

I did some research on the internet and found that this is a GIANT fraud The following companies are but a few of the online companies which give your credit card info out to that company which begins charging a small amount (in my case 9 dollars) so you don't even notice it. When I called my bank after seeing this charge for today and knowing I didn't even use my debit card all day long they sent it to the fraud investigation team. Here is a website which gives more information. I am blogging this to inform any of my readers that they may want to look at their credit card statements and see if they have had this same thing happen to them.

Here are the web pages which can give you more information about this scam:
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/the_man/webloyalty_aka_wli_reservations_is_a_scam.html
http://leblog.exuberance.com/2006/03/why_does_wlisho.html

Here is a partial list of online companies which actively participate in the scam:

123inkjets.com
1-800-flowers.com
A1Bookssellers.com
a1techbooks.com
A1textbooks.com
Academy of Dermatology Website
AllPosters.com
AMAZON.com
americangreetings.com
AMERICART.com
bigceramicstore.com
BrylaneHome.com
Chadwicks.com
Chadwicksonline.com
CHOICEHOTELS.COM
classmates.com
ColoradoGiftBaskets.com
ColumbiaHouse.com
deepdiscountdvd.com
EBAY.com
EBGAMES.com -- using the Coke $10 discount
ECost.com
Frandango.com
HALF.com
Hotels.com
JCREW.com
JCWhitney.com
JessicaLondon.com
JOANN.com
kingsizedirect.com
LaneBryant.com
lernercatalog.com
LillianVernoncom
MapBlast.com
moviefone.com
MOVIETICKETS.COM
myfamily.com
MyLotto.com
MyPoints.com
OfficeMax.com
ONETRAVEL.com
ORBITZ.com
Priceline.com
RedcatsUSA.com
riverdeep.com
SandBox.com
skinstore.com
Smartbargains.com
TigerDirect.com
Time-Life.com
UBID.com
virtualcart.com
VISTAPRINT.com--The one we were personally stung by
WALMARTONLINE.com
WalterDrake.com
webstakes.com
www.AccStation.com
ZDNet.com

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Come Join Me

Over at a site called Ning you can join me (it is like myspace but without all the stupid kiddie sparkle crap). I will keep writing here but if you like you can visit me or even become a member with me on Ning:

http://zachscottsingley.ning.com/