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credit card # stolen on market, BEWARE
- Thread starter evilsock
- Start date
Can you post the email from google? I'm interested in seeing it too.
You would need to have your bank email you.....
This is the point of Google Checkout. The people you're buying from never have access to your credit card information, they just get paid. It's not impossible to be hacked, of course, but the fact that yours was has nothing to do with who you bought the apps from. Some probably kid in Russia.
Ahh...Sorry about that...
dylanthecat
Member
For what it is worth, I just recently had my Paypal account broken into and a payment made to a company called NCsoft Europe. Paypal notified me about 30 seconds after this happended and suspended my account automatically. Kudos to them for catching this so fast. I then had to call and reset my password and security stuff. They suggested I use a security key, which they are mailing to me. They also suggested I use a second security key, which whenever I login to my paypal account I must also enter a 6 digit key that they send as a text message to my phone. The code is only valid for 1 minute or so. Next login the process repeats with a new code. I highly recommend this for Paypal users.
Yea I tried that. It comes up as a jpeg when I try and copy or save it, not surprised but tried as attachment, blank...I re read they didn't. Say they were comprimised but my card was comprimised, I was angry and in hurry, but they have stopped emaailing me now, so I'm at a loss untill visa completes their end,
and i dont have a bank with this card its a walmart money visa and there is option and im sure banks will to that u can recdeive an email anytime a purchase is made, this is no prob or annoyance for me as this card is only for market, just got new card in mail, and im a little iffy about putting it back on there, but hey live and learn , its not like im gonna have a droid and not download apps, HA!
never thought of it like that, bc im sure any new dev, wouldnt wanna loose business by stealing money from customers, but what should i do? not get over seas apps? or if its gonna get stolen its just gonna get stolen?
You're right, nothing is safe on the internet if someone really wants it.
About the military, well, that's what happens when everything is bought from the lowest bidder.
TheCrusher
Member
So far, we have no real evidence that this actually happened. How do we know that evilsock isn't an evil sock puppet out to damage Google's credibility?
And don't pull the old "an evil sock puppet would never use evil sock as their name". You probably believe the Google "Don't Be Evil" motto too, don't you?
Anyway, even if true, there's lots of ways to steal these card numbers, including simple guesswork. I've heard that in the case of store-bought gift cards, people will copy down a bunch of numbers, and then they'll keep trying the numbers until someone buys them and activates them. So maybe it's not Google Market that's compromised at all, maybe it's these Walmart credit cards.
tom
tom
And don't pull the old "an evil sock puppet would never use evil sock as their name". You probably believe the Google "Don't Be Evil" motto too, don't you?
Anyway, even if true, there's lots of ways to steal these card numbers, including simple guesswork. I've heard that in the case of store-bought gift cards, people will copy down a bunch of numbers, and then they'll keep trying the numbers until someone buys them and activates them. So maybe it's not Google Market that's compromised at all, maybe it's these Walmart credit cards.
tom
tom
Honestly I think it was something besides Google Checkout. Maybe Walmart or something with the user's computer (idk how you activate these).So far, we have no real evidence that this actually happened. How do we know that evilsock isn't an evil sock puppet out to damage Google's credibility?
And don't pull the old "an evil sock puppet would never use evil sock as their name". You probably believe the Google "Don't Be Evil" motto too, don't you?
Anyway, even if true, there's lots of ways to steal these card numbers, including simple guesswork. I've heard that in the case of store-bought gift cards, people will copy down a bunch of numbers, and then they'll keep trying the numbers until someone buys them and activates them. So maybe it's not Google Market that's compromised at all, maybe it's these Walmart credit cards.
tom
tom
I have several apps that said "UK" and was trying to purchase another and kept getting declined - I called my credit card company and they told me that they had blocked UK transactions because of the number of fraudulent transactions reported in the elast two weeks. Went to a cash machine on Christmas day and my card was confiscated. it appears that someone in the Neatherlands tried to use my accoount number. I am not pleased.
The only transactions I had other than local stores were on Market. I am awaiting a Google response.
The only transactions I had other than local stores were on Market. I am awaiting a Google response.