discussion Account hacked!! Result.

[Richard48]

So a few weeks ago i received a notification from amazon confirming my refunds from returned unsatisfactory purchases. Having not made any returns i went into my account clicked on the "contact us" button and interrupted a live chat between an amazon rep and someone who had hacked my account,i joined in the conversation and stated that the guy trying to have the refunds put on a gift card was commiting fraudulent activity and not to allow any transactions,the rep responded by cancelling the gift cards. I went to change my password but couldnt as the hacker had changed the email address in my details. Got home from work and phoned them explaining the situation and my account was reset but found out he had purchased an xbox with the refunds he had blagged on gift cards after the rep said he cancelled them,i cancelled the xbox purchase . Told them on the phone i had no funds on gift cards. Obviosly amazon are not to concerned about giving refunds for returned items that they have no record of and after they were told there being scammed. Even received an email from the hacker asking me not to cancell hes purchase as the xbox was for hes sons birthday lol.
Anyway,i told amazon i had no money on gift cards and hadnt returned any items but the money for the imaginary returns is now in my amazon account on gift cards for a total of £299.84 and they dont seem to want it back! Result. Im tempted to email the hacker back and see if he fancies a go with my ebay account as well lol.
Have changed all my passwords and bank details etc just to be on the safe side .

Not great being hacked etc.Ive had attempts via Facebook through my miniatures page.One trying to blackmail me with so called incriminating images they had photoshopped and threatening to distribute on the internet.Ive deleted my Facebook page as a result and change passwords a lot.
Richard

 

[Guest]

Glad that you got sorted.
Have you seen the Videos on YT of people that buy Return goods pallets from Amazon. Silly low price and total pot luck. Saw one that the got about $10000 of tools and electronic goods

Knowing my luck it would be full of left hand socks .

 

[Guest]

This then became a game with us (we were all in our early twenties) to see what you could get in on instead of a pass.

Fifteen years ago or so, I think, there was a news item here in the Netherlands about someone who had created a forged public transport card to see how far he could get with it. As I recall, for a full year he took buses, trams and trains with a card that proclaimed him to be Osama bin Laden, including having Osama’s picture on it, without ever being called out about this by drivers, conductors, etc. He then took it a step further and made a pass that said he was (then-)Queen Beatrix, with exactly the same result …

 

[Guest]

Here is another.... I re-negotiated my tv/broadband/phone contract a few days ago as they want to increase my monthly payments to £57 pm from £47. So they had sent me a letter out explaining it was all due to the cost of living drone, ,yawnzzzz.... And that if I chose to I could terminate my contract by April 23, but forgetting to add that my contract did in fact end on this date??? So after some negotiation with the child in some far off foreign land I was finally put through to a UK customer services person. Again we went through the dance and agreed that my new 18 month contract would in fact be £38 pm with a £12 rolling credit resulting in a £26 monthly bill.
Here is the crux - two days after, I recieved a call from our hacker friends in Pakistan (check out you tube) and as soon as I explained I was from homeland security the phone went very dead.... So who is selling off our details - Virgin Media I have contacted you before about this, and the last time I said I would go public.

 

[stillp]

If I get any dodgy-sounding calls I ask them to state their full name, the company they're representing, and the address and number they're calling from. If I remember I ask them to speak clearly for the recording. That gets rid of them.
Another trick is to agree to speak to them then say there's someone at the door, can they hang on a minute, and leave the phone connected. Pick the phone up a few minutes later and ask them to hang on. The record is about 40 minutes...
Pete

 

[Guest]

If I get any dodgy-sounding calls I ask them to state their full name, the company they're representing, and the address and number they're calling from. If I remember I ask them to speak clearly for the recording. That gets rid of them.
Another trick is to agree to speak to them then say there's someone at the door, can they hang on a minute, and leave the phone connected. Pisck the phone up a few minutes later and ask them to hang on. The record is about 40 minutes...
Pete

Used to answer the phone with "Good Morning, Bedfordshire police, how may I help you..." Untill one day the person on the other end said "Bedfordshire police - I thought I was Bedfordshire police..." "How can you be, when I am Bedfordshire police..." Then put the phone down....