Even stranger, I just happened to check my Amazon account and found a
show stopper. Someone had just used my details to purchase two laptops,
with a total price of £2000. Even stranger was that they were to be
delivered to my address. Fortunately I'd found out before the order was
despatched and managed to cancel it.
Why on earth would anyone do that and how did they get my card details,
password etc, to be able to do it.
Gerry Winskill
On 05/01/2017 14:11, John Woodside wrote:
Same thing here.
Amazon confirmed the cards had been redeemed and know the account they were redeemed to – but they can’t tell me who this was. I asked them if they would provide that information to the police but they seemed totally uninterested.
John
fossil@xxxxxxx
*From:*jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *kev@xxxxxxxxxxxx
*Sent:* 05 January 2017 13:47
*To:* jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [jhb] Re: No posts
Happy New Year everyone.
Had a similar scenario recently. The wife's card was refused at the local garden centre. Paid with mine, but she immediately received a call from the bank stating unusual use and they'd stopped the card. Had she spent £1055 online at Debenhams? No. OK, we were to let them know when the item appeared on her account and they would investigate!
We wanted to protect her £1055, but they confirmed this was the usual way.
Once home, I rang Debenhams to check my order, and sure enough it was a sofa, delivery in 2 weeks!!
I explained the situation, but although they had a delivery address, not ours, they couldn't provide the information so that I could contact the police, or Barclays fraud dept. Reason: Data protection.......
I remember a time when we used things and loved people. It all seems backwards lately.
175
On 5 Jan 2017, at 13:33, John Woodside <fossil@xxxxxxx <mailto:fossil@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
I am no longer allowed to add names to the email list – I assume
that is to stop other, nefarious list users banging in names
without users permission.
All you need do Peter is go to //www.freelists.org/list/jhb
Add your new email address and select Subscribe.
I should then get an email to approve your request and can set the
rest up.
I’ve just finished a battle with Amazon today so I’m definitely in
GOM mode. I ordered two gift vouchers for Christmas presents and
when they arrived someone had scratched the foil off the redeem
code. A quick check showed that the cards had already been
redeemed before delivery. Seems a simple matter to explain to
Amazon but it became a headache and, finally, they offered to
refund the amount. They don’t seem at all concerned about tracking
the stolen money even though they know who redeemed the cards.
What a daft world!
John
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[mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cix VFR Club
*Sent:* 05 January 2017 10:07
*To:* jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Cc:* peterwmdodds@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:peterwmdodds@xxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [jhb] Re: No posts
I saw this msg from Frank some time ago, but have only just
remembered I wanted to do the same. I have a gmail account which
is peterwmdodds@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:peterwmdodds@xxxxxxxxx>, so
Bones - i wonder if you could change my profile to use that
address. It will be slightly more convenient too, as i have that
address on my phone, and we seem to use our phones for everything
except making tea these days!
Peter
