I never check my Amazon account routinely. So I beter had, as it sounds
like there's someone doing some hacking in Amazon's systems. My wife
has had her identity stolen twice, though I never have.
Peter
GERRY WINSKILL <mailto:gwinsk@xxxxxxx>
05 January 2017 16:07
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:
John Woodside <mailto:fossil@xxxxxxx>
05 January 2017 14:11
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:
kev@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
05 January 2017 13:46
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:
John Woodside <mailto:fossil@xxxxxxx>
05 January 2017 13:33
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
fossil@xxxxxxx
*From:*jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cix VFR Club
*Sent:* 05 January 2017 10:07
*To:* jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Cc:* 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
Cix VFR Club <mailto:ceo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
05 January 2017 10:07
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, 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
