Posted on 11/18/2007 12:41:07 PM PST by AFPS
Today I was notified that our credit card had been frozen because of suspected identity theft. The companies only charged $1, $5, and $17. The companies were Islamic Relief Fund and CCB or China Construction Bank. We have cancelled the card and new ones are being issued. My question to you freepers is, isn't this some sort of terrorism? And why only the small amounts? I am mad that even $1 of my money could have went to support terrorism. Is this maybe a way that they fund their work, unsuspecting people in the US?
I suspect the small amounts are just to see if they are active or not.
Or someone has gotten possession of a large list of accounts and is hitting each one for small, hopefully un-noticed amounts. Sounds like an inside job by an ideologically driven bank or credit card company employee.
I had the same thing happen around 9/11.
an arab owned company out of NY was selling phone cards and charged it to my cc#. Not much..35 bucks or so.
I fired the whole thing off to the FBI. Never did hear anything back
That makes sense, thank you. I still can’t see why CCB and IRF both hit my card. It is all very weird and alarming.
Phone cards are mostly untraceable and could be resold for cash.
I.E. by the time the cc companies took care of it, the cash was already headed somewhere else.
I’d send the whole smear to the Feds.
Contact the bank and the banking authorities in your state. It is at least wire fraud. And find out, if you can, how they got your card information. I suspect that the bank will be the easier way to track this down, they have to comply with at least minimal reporting requirements in order to operate. It’s also a good bet that there is one (not two) incidents where your private account information was compromised. Keep following the trail with the bank. Of course they will put you off, but you can contact state civil agencies and get them to respond at least minimally. They have to know the account transaction information.
You are just one of millions.......
It sounds like the same MO that creeps were sending a $5 donation to Ron Paul for Pres.
Just their way to see if the card is still active.
It looks like they have changed from supporting Paul to Muzzie loonies and their Chinese overlords.
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