Beware the Hackers
By L. Jenkinson
@MarymargII (12422)
Toronto, Ontario
September 25, 2018 2:18am CST
I received a notice this week that my online bank account was locked. When I phoned I found out there had been a few attempts at logging in and for safety they locked it out.
Well I also get statements and don't always use my online account and also I hadn't tried to get on it recently so suspect someone was hacking. I asked the customer service person is that what they think happened. Yes, they responded, it was most likely a hacker and had no other real explanation for me.I am very careful but this is a common occurrance.
So I changed my information and now the account is opened again but that was a stressful morning. This problem seems to be getting worse and really I don't trust the present situation considering how so many are on the take these days.
I will definitely be on the watch now for any aggressive activity I notice. Have you ever had any attack on your credit card?
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Oct 18
I just had one of my credit cards hacked last week, and the thieves racked up $3000 in charges. Luckily, the credit card company thought the purchases were suspicious, so they called me and asked if making purchases in another city. They were very good about handling the situation, and they shut down my account immediately and removed all the fraudulent charges off my credit card. They sent out a replacement card with a new credit card number immediately, and I received it two days later.
So much for those chips in the new credit cards being any safer! Obviously, it didn't slow down the hackers one bit!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
4 Oct 18
Wow your bank did a stellar job really. Two days is excellent. I also had attempts on a credit card but it was a small insignificant amount until I notified them. They said the thieves often start out with a small amount to see if it goes through and then they hit you with a big one. Nasty and they're everywhere too.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Oct 18
@MarymargII At work, I have a business credit card with a $10,000 limit. One day, I got a call from the fraud department at Bank of America. They wanted to know if I just bought $11,000 worth of jewelry from Neiman Marcus in New York City. I was not happy about that one, as I felt BOA didn't do their job. Think about it....I have a $10,000 limit, and they let an $11,000 sale go through. It was $1000 over my spending limit. The purchase should have been denied. Second, it's a government P-card, what in the world would I have been doing buying jewelry on a government card? And third, I live in Florida, why would I have been shopping (again, with a government P-card) in New York City? They dropped the ball on that one. Fortunately, they removed the charge and re-issued me a new card.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
7 Oct 18
@moffittjc You are right about their slow reaction especially on such a huge purchase. Wow- those hackers are bold! an $11.000 dollar purchase? Crazy? It is scary how often this keeps happening.
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@just4him (306239)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
28 Sep 18
@MarymargII I'm sorry you've had so much trouble.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
27 Sep 18
Well count yourself very lucky--I've had little problems here and there over the past five years and I don't even shop on line anymore.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
28 Sep 18
@just4him Thanks I'm just glad the banks are on top of this kind of behaviour.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
26 Sep 18
Me too and I hardly go into my online account either. This seems like someone just trying it out. I didn't like it though.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
28 Sep 18
@LadyDuck yes thank goodness the banks have strict and fairly strong barriers for protection. At least most of them.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
28 Sep 18
@MarymargII Most of them are pretty good to protect our data.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
29 Sep 18
@MarymargII I hope it will deter them too and it is good you changed what needed to be changed.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
30 Sep 18
@bluesa Yes, don't know if they won't try but I do think I'm safe for awhile.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
28 Sep 18
This bank assured me they are blocking it and all is fine so far. I did change my log in info so hope it deters the hackers even more.
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@DianneN (246849)
• United States
28 Sep 18
Yikes! I'm truly happy you called your bank and changed your information. I had a problem twice. I used my AMEX card in Sweden and was alerted that someone (the salesgirl in the store) used my card. AMEX put a stop to that instantly and by the time I returned home, I had a new card. Last year while in Florida, someone somehow charged movies tickets and a cola in France to my card. That was straightened out immediately and now all my cards have chips. Hope they help.
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@DianneN (246849)
• United States
1 Oct 18
@MarymargII These thieves spend all there energy trying to steal from others instead of getting real jobs.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
1 Oct 18
@DianneN And it's a horrible feeling too-- you are right- I guess that way the money is too slow. ha!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
29 Sep 18
I don't know how they do it but they do. I also had a credit card compromised-- and I thought it was creepy how someone somewhere would do that. We got it narrowed down but it still is an awful stressful feeling.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
25 Sep 18
Not having a local bank means I am doing mostly online banking. Some of these alerts are "phishing" scams of their own.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
26 Sep 18
Yes, I thought of that and so phoned the credit card directly. I've been noticing a few attempts over the years.
@m_audrey6788 (58485)
• Germany
25 Sep 18
It happened with my friend and she did what you did too. Sad but there are people who wants to get money the easy way by disturbing others who are working hard to earn money 
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
25 Sep 18
I always get a notification on my email regarding signing in using my email from other IP address.
Someone tried accessing it in India and other parts of the country, like what the heck, I don't have enough money on any of my accounts and why these hackers trying to access mine.
