credit card # stolen on market, BEWARE

[BzB]

google has emailed me back and admited fault and that their server may be comprimised they are aware..

can you post up a copy of this message? i'm sure a lot of us would be interested to see what they admitted to and what they said. thanks

 

[Retribution]

Something still doesn't seem right. If something compromised the server that would allow the theft of personal information the news would be all over it I doubt you would be the only victim. Also they would need to contact anyone who could be affected by it. All very odd.

 

[Nedaroth]

While it does have SSL certificates it doesn't mean it's 100% safe. Seeing as how i doubt any of us truly know how google checkout fully functions. Do they act merely as a proxy and still provide those companies with your CC info, or do they charge you and send the money to the companies who sell the apps? Is there certain things in the middle of doing either of those or at the end that could compromise a CC, i'm sure there is. Nothing on the internet is 100% safe, if someone wants it, they will find a way to get it.

For instance, the Iranians who hacked into the video feed off of the UAV's that Air Force flies with 30$ over the counter software. And heck that's the military.

Truer words were never spoken

 

[stevo95]

I've only paid for one app so far, weather widgets donate, think it was $1.50 plus tax. My credit card was charged an additional $1 by google, does anyone know why?

 

[JonKyu]

I've only paid for one app so far, weather widgets donate, think it was $1.50 plus tax. My credit card was charged an additional $1 by google, does anyone know why?

Hmmm well I know my banks charges for international conversion :/ could that be a possibility?

 

[zasran]

Was it actually charged or is it just pending? Sometime when you use credit card they verify the credit card info first by sending intent to charge (which shows as pending, maybe as charge temporarily) then cancel it (they are not actually charging the card).

 

[souljerr]

Tis the season to be sure you are checking your statements. The crooks, thieves and cheats are out in force. Be careful and verify what shows on your statements matches what you've actually spent folks.

 

[cookiemomster]

i got a wal mart visa just for droid since apps cannot be billed, have many apps with no probs, then i got one or 2 from UK, (still trying to find out wich one it is), then all of a sudden i notice 99 cents i didnt charge, once or twice, then all of a sudden 29.94, 30 bux, another 30 bux, gone from random places and websites in UK, this is no joke i will provide any help/proof needed, no slander of google or market here , people just need to be aware this happened, bc it mocked app prices for a month before i caught on , check your statements!!:icon_evil:

Where any apps bought off the market or was this card used for transactions for any other purposes outside of google checkout? For example any charge at any other website?

 

[evilsock]

i got a wal mart visa just for droid since apps cannot be billed, have many apps with no probs, then i got one or 2 from UK, (still trying to find out wich one it is), then all of a sudden i notice 99 cents i didnt charge, once or twice, then all of a sudden 29.94, 30 bux, another 30 bux, gone from random places and websites in UK, this is no joke i will provide any help/proof needed, no slander of google or market here , people just need to be aware this happened, bc it mocked app prices for a month before i caught on , check your statements!!:icon_evil:

Where any apps bought off the market or was this card used for transactions for any other purposes outside of google checkout? For example any charge at any other website?

have u read any of this thread? i got the card for this and this only i have a bank for day to day use
, im about to copy and paste statement , email and such, and my card was used at 2 retail stores in UK not websites the others were UK based websites, as in when fraud dept looked them up all the info came back in various UK cities, or provinces, or whatever tf they have

 

[evilsock]

well that sucks, my walmart money card acct is frozen till i activate my new card,cant even view statement, wich is ass backwards seeing as the fax i have to send them in order for them to pay me back needs to consist of the transactions i cant view until paper copy i requested shows up, what would happen if i didnt ask??? they have it right in front of them on a computer, same ones i said on the phone, this is totally gay and a waste of my time, im not putting another card on there until im sure where it came from, this is begining to erk me, if it wasnt 100 bux or so id tell them to keep it, i have hard copy otw via mail ill scan em and post em then, .........still love my droid dammit, do u see all the permissions that some of those apps have? whos to say i didnt get scammed that way and just let them in by not reading fine print? either way im pissed. workin 60+hours @ 2 jobs, i dont have time for this.. k done ranting

 

[stevo95]

Weather widget donate, thought that was a US app.

 

[Loyrl]

I also had my debit card number taken around the same time as this thread started, first and only thing I have gotten through the market was the snes emulator. Took all my checking account =( Not saying it was the market, but I didn't use my card lately and then bam it happens after I buy something from it.

 

[evilsock]

I also have snes emu. Hmm, any charges from UK?

 

[Loyrl]

Not that I saw, they spent a lot at some tool website, and 90$ at Wallmart in Florida for gas, and 2$ at a coke website.

 

[Backnblack]

Nothing hinky will the card I use on Google.