frauded
24/06/2008 VISA PURCHASE
MARKS & SPENCER OUTLET, ASHFORD 22/06 GB
431.000 GBP AU$893.59
It appears I got frauded on my Visa card. All I used a card for was the expensive Thai seafood restaurant, but a Thai seafood restaurant isn’t GBP 431. And they’re probably not owned by Marks and Spencer in the UK. Oh, and a charge for 3,900 THB from ”The Seafood Palace” is on my other credit card so it’s probably just random fraud.
So the paperwork to dispute the transaction is in the mail, and that’ll be a long boring process until I hopefully get my money back.
The interesting thing is that my bank say the card was physically presented and signed for, not keyed electronically. That means it’s either a mistake, a case of the merchant having a hand in the fraud, or some cyber-mafia credit card cloning operation. // whoa!
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:31 pm
£431 is a hellova lot to spend at M&S in one go. They must have come away with at least 4, or maybe 5 capsicums at the same time (sorry, “peppers”). And maybe even some vine-grown tomatoes.
July 4th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Any progress?
My card people rang me recently to check a transaction that I’d done on line after I got home from our visit. He even apologised for disturbing me. I told him I was perfectly happy for him to check!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:47 am
It’s not food it’s M & S food!
Those stores are everywhere here with very shady staff, someone prolly just racked up a few sandwiches….those things are like $8 each!!!!
*I know it’s a late comment but I just came across your site again.