I bet the only thing DD is working on is blocking everyone who has concern!
Wow! $5K!! I'm glad there were able to catch the charges in time. I can't imagine waking up to find my account empty!
Yes it was pretty stressful to deal with. They tried to order a $2500 watch, some electronics, and other big ticket items. Luckily I have decent fraud protection on my accounts, and none of the charges fit my usual purchase patterns. Therefore this and the high monetary amounts triggered an alert right away.
Oh it is fixed.. The charges eventually dropped off. My bank told me that might happen, because the card was cancelled and some online retailers will stop the charges once they find out a card has been closed.. ??!?! Whatever the case - it did finally disappear, but my money was sort of held hostage for over 2 weeks, because I could not spend it or transfer it back to savings until it either went through and my bank reimbursed me.. or it dropped off.
I am glad that the source of this mess has been uncovered. This just happened to me today, but I had been reading about what was happening to other people who bought from the lc site. Therefore I am pretty certain that someone stole my info when I ordered from lc. I am still taking other precautions though just in case.
Woah 5K! Mine was 3 separate charges of $60, what I'm guessing was 3 games
With all this hoopla, Sephora may change their minds. This time around, I wouldn't blame them.
IIRC, I had 3 $60 charges too.. and 3 charges of around $20+ each..
I check my accounts everyday and have only ever had small problems before. Usually something like a double charge from nordstroms for a lipstick or another small charge. There is some room on the cc that they were trying to use bc I am not near my limit, so it seems like they were trying to max it out. Fraud on this magnitude has never happened to me before. I am very thankful that I did not use a debit card for the lc purchase. DH said that they must have thought "go big or go home." Maybe banks and cc companies are becoming more aware of what is happening with lc purchases and Internet hacking/fraud, and the crooks are trying to beat them to the punch - so to speak.
So weird we have the same charges! The $20 were most likely downloadable content packs for different games. And yep they mentioned they took the site down temporarily to get a handle on the hack situation, which I think is a good idea
I am sooo wary of using my debit card online these days. I always just transfer money to my CC now. It's better for gaining miles anyways so win/win!
