Re: Anyone else in OBRALand a recent victim of VISA fraud?

Lisa Winchester

2009-03-03

They got me. Bank of America caught it though and sent me an e-mail. I wasn't liable for the charges.

~Lisa Winchester

__o "It never gets easier,
_ \<_ you just go faster."
(_)/(_) -- Greg LeMond

> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:01:40 -0800
> From: ryandvandusen@gmail.com
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Anyone else in OBRALand a recent victim of VISA fraud?
>
> I've recently read that there are at least 4 people in OBRA that have had their VISA check card numbers compromised, myself being one of them. If you've recently had your information used fraudulently shoot me an email and we can build a master list.
>
> There may be nothing going on here but it sure seems coincidental that this appears to be going through our community so quickly. I just wanted to be proactive in getting the word out be on the look out for petty charges to your account. I personally use 1stTech and luckily they caught the activity early enough that it wasn't a huge hit.
>
> I got a hint that something fishy might be going on after ready Erik's most recent blog entry:
>
> http://www.erikv.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/3/Credit-Card-Adventures-continued
>
> Like I said, I hope I'm wrong and someone hasn't compromised a site we all use but you never know.
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