[Covenantor]

Happened to me awhile back. Noticed a charge to an animal shelter while doing online account perusal. Sheer luck that I caught the bogus charge just one hour after it was made. PNC security was very helpful in making a stop and auditing charges with me. Pain in the butt to get new accounts but in the end no $ losses.

A warning to all, especially animal lovers, the charge to the shelter was a test by the thief to see if it would slip past notice. Bank security said the thief was most likely local at or near a Point of sale because the shelter was a local one. A hard core theft would have tried to max out immediately.

I got in touch with the shelter to warn them and found that mine was only one of several fraudulent charges made to them. Felt bad for the shelter as they watched the supposed donations go up in smoke.

Prickly situation calls for some special coffee this morning with an extra sugar cube by my personal wait staff,

[Tax-chick]

What helpful little pets!

[Gefn]

I got a RFID wallet a few months ago. Heard o these things happening,

I’d cancel the online charge to the shelter but then I’d feel so bad I’d write them a check.

Poor kitties and puppies.

Very cute hedgehogs. Anyone ever see one in real life?

[Monkey Face]

Not all credit card thieves take a lot out all at once, when stealing your info.

About 10 years ago, I noticed a $50 charge on my account and I live so close to the wire all the time that the money represented about a week’s worth of groceries.

I contacted the credit union and they immediately refunded the money while researching the origin of the theft. It came from Eastern Europe, and when they told me that, they also told me that the thieves would take that amount or less to verify the account was valid and active, and then they would take more at a later time.

The credit union didn’t wait...they changed all my account information.