Jesse's Blog

Credit Card Scam Blues

So a few weeks ago I found a strange charge on my card from www.gglprofit.com, or Google Profit, which apparently has nothing to do with Google. When I called them to dispute the charge they wanted all sorts of personal information of mine, so I said no thanks, though I may have given them my phone number, I don't recall (later they called me back and said, we're sorry, now we will help you with the charge; I let voicemail take it). I called my credit card company to dispute the charge and they refunded it with no problem. A few minutes later I noticed there was a pending transaction on the same card which I knew nothing about, from APL IPOD, or something like that.

So, then I called my credit card company again and they suggested I change the number of the account, basically mark it lost/stolen, which I did because I figured that would settle things. Sure, it was a pain to have to change the card number with my online billers, such as Netflix and Amazon, but at least I wouldn't have to worry about more unauthorized charges, right?

Well this morning I was looking at my credit account online and noticed a charge for $7.95 from www.fedgrantusa.com. When you go to their website it looks like a scam site. So I called my credit card company again, and again they told me I should call the company who made the charge first. So I did, and just like gglprofit they wanted personal information; but this I time when I said I wasn't going to give it to them they actually hung up on me.