I need a Pelican sleuth
 

Yo. You guys can solve anything. Noticed a charge on my bank statement for $9.99/month for the past 6 months. The only info it gives is 1-800-388-4254 AZ.

I called the number and all it says is "That number can't be reached from your calling area"

I searched Google with no results as to the owner, and I don't want to pay to have to see who it belongs to. I will if you guys don't find anything. It could very well be some sort of monthly internet subscription that my wife signed up for but she doesn't remember.

So, if you're bored and would like a virtual kiss on the cheek from me, have at it.

Christian

It's me. I'm saving up for hookers and blow.

: Free Caller Name ID for 8003884254

Marked Not Safe by IP address 172.58.2#1##3: Taking $9.99 from my credit card for "computer software services" since Nov. 2015. I am stopping my card and getting a new one. They do not answer the phone when I call. FRAUD. Beware.

Call the damn FBI man. That is a federal beef

Doubt it.

Have your card killed with a discussion that requires ALL charges to the old card number be bounced. I don't know how this is done but your bank does.

I would bet it's Spodify. Lots of Internet chatter about people getting ripped off for $9.99 a month without ever signing up. Same symptoms as you experienced. Check with your family just in case.

call up and challenge the debt. Tell the bank it's unauthorized, if it's legit they will find you. It's probably from some BS overseas software download that you bought online thinking it was one-time, but it's a subscription.

BTDT.

It's a scam and they're getting more ambitious, if not more sophisticated.

In the last week or two, I've gotten:

- A text message supposedly from craigslist telling me that my posting was flagged and I needed to click on the link provided to "renew my account", or some schit, (by providing my email and other info).

-An actual phone call from a Nigerian scammer, (at least that where he sounded like he was from), wanting to send a bogus check for something I'm selling online. This was a first.

-An email telling me that my Chase account was experiencing fraud and I needed to click a link to verify it. I do not have a Chase account.

-All the usual email phishing scams on CL when you're trying to sell something. :rolleyes:

have you asked your dog about it?

Hey Gassy....have you asked your bank to help you stop the charges? Or at least find out where they are coming from. I think that's part of their job, isn't it?

Interestingly, when I Google this number the #4 response I get is this thread!
If you don't know who is charging you $9.99 a month, just tell your bank to stop paying it. It can be a scam. I paid $9.99 to watch a seminar a couple of years ago. Little did I know the online "contract" was a subscription. I paid $9.99 a month for six months until my bookkeeper asked me what it was for. It happens all the time. Check every statement. Also, check your credit card statements for recurring charges. There are sharks in the water.

They are relentless. I got an email from American Express telling me their records were incomplete and they needed my social security number. They were nice enough to provide a one word hot link to the site where I could enter my number. :rolleyes:

Just saw the charge this evening. Checking with the bank tomorrow.

I did-- she just rolled her eyes, made the jerk-off motion with her paw, and barfed on the carpet.:D

Thanks for your help-- looks like a scam. I will look in to Spotify though--

I'm not saying this is what has happened to you.

No, no, no, not for a moment. But there is a scam where a porn site gives you full access to everything for $1 charged to your bank account or CC.

Then they start billing regularly and the customer is too embarrassed to go to the bank to stop the charges.

Source of info is a buddy who works for a bank.

My wife bought some shoes from an online place. After that, I kept noticing a monthly charge of $39.99 on our CC. I asked her about it & she confessed she didn't know what it was. Turns out when she made the purchase, they enrolled her in a club thing that charged $39.99/mo. put into an account for her to buy more shoes. When you purchased, you had to "opt out" of it, if not you were automatically enrolled. It took a decent amount of effort on her part to get them to drop her.

Your bank should have the capability to contact the submitting bank.
They should then be able to reverse those charges downstream.

It's probably at FCC/etc level.

(all I want in life is to gaffle a single buck from every 320 million American citizen).

It appears to be some kind of medical alert system. Did you sign up for one of those recently?

As a money guy, my advice is to check every charge on every credit card statement every month.

or do away with all CCs...tough but not impossible.

I have my Credit cards and checking account all tied to Quicken. Every evening I open Quicken and tell it to sync with the accounts. It download any activity on the accounts and puts them on the register. If it is something I don't remember shows up, I log onto that account directly. If I still don't remember it I call the CC company.

My CC that I use for all on-line purchases recently had a $100 charge from a Merle Norman store in Chicago. Since I don't use much make-up and I have not been in Chicago in 6 years I disputed the charge. My card has the fancy new chip and they said it was swiped at the store. The card has not been out of my possession.

I disputed it and had to sign an affidavit that I did not make the charge. It was removed from my bill and my only loss was the time to notify the CC company.

I have been synchronizing my checking account and credit card registers using Quicken since the 1980s. My first version of Quicken came on 5.25 inch floppies.

Weird. No medic alert system. Didn't get to the bank yet but soon.

I did. True story.

2011, American Express pissed me off so much, I closed them as well as all my other credit cards. I have a bank card, and that is it. My money is my credit. Large sum purchases, I save, negotiate and buy. If I don't have the means why would I need it?

I do not understand a single logical reason to own a credit card. Maybe I am old school, but I am only 37.

I have mortgage though.

Bank statement is different from credit card statement. Report as fraud and they will shut down your credit card and re-issue. If a checking account that may be different. Either way, if someone has your numbers you have to change numbers to avoid being taken by other scams (they sell good numbers to each other). A regularly occurring small charge sounds like some buying club or membership like Sirius. Hackers normally charge one or two small items and then go big.

Why have credit cards? Travel backup, internet purchases, and a biggie: Fraud protection. A hacked credit card is one thing but if your bank account is hacked you will eventually get your money back but not until the end of the investigation and in the meantime you have no funds.

True, but there is equal protection on that also.

I have had one of these charges. Similar sum. It is designed to fly under the radar. People that use CC for everything may have a couple hundred small charges - every coffee, sandwich, parking fee etc.

One online message to my bank was all it took to clear up my charge. Of course, I noticed the first month, as CC statements still arrive on paper and are checked line by line. We have a pretty short list of purchases aside from Amazon. Most small items are still paid for in cash in our family and it helps keep the CC statement readable.

G

The protection on a checking account is the same but lets look at the process:

Credit Card: report theft, get a new card in 24 hours, keep trucking along until the investigation shows you are right and not responsible for purchases.

Checking: Find out your account has been emptied, bounce checks, bank account stays empty until the bank investigates and decides you should get your money back. In the meantime, you have no funds and bounce legit checks and have to explain to merchants why they have a rubber check from you.

When I quit netflix, a fake mexican based version of it started charging my account. Caught it the second month, all charges refunded by paypal.

as I broke guy im with him too.

oh, and I have no wife...