llamalicious's Journal: Credit theft

Yay! I'm a statistic. Mark me down on the list of people who've had their MasterCard info stolen and used to make fraudulent purchases.

$2,566.07 in Google Adwords purchases no less.
All while in the midst of trying to purchase a home with my wife. Awesome timing. Well, you know all those tips and tricks for avoiding credit and identity theft? Read them all, use 'em.

Going to take weeks to sort this out, I can kiss my finances goodbye.

You Sure?

[mekkab]

Going to take weeks to sort this out, I can kiss my finances goodbye.

Wow, I love your pessimism.[/sarcasm]

I've had nothing but great success with Credit Cards and the reporting of fraud. Bank Check Cards? Nope; those suck. But CCs are awesome.

keep us posted. I saw you post this on fark.

Google track them down?

[nizo]

I mean one way or other they would have to lead to a website and some physical address wouldn't they?