877-213-7808

I had an illegal automated check charged to my account from a company listed as World System.  The number 877-213-7808 was listed as the number to call with a disclaimer 30 day money back guarantee.  It stated it had been authorized by my deposit and guaranteed by payee...me.

I had the same charge.  Called the number and they said they would refund me in 3-5 business days.  They also gave me date, time, and IP address for the charge and I filed police report.  The charge was for adult web site subscription that I did not authorize.

We had the same thing too.  29.95 charge to our checking account late in Feb 13. Bank gave same phone number and World System company name.  When called, they gave IP and email address and said it was for some type of adult subscription.  We filed a police report too.  Our bank says the person doing this is using checks written to call in and give numbers off of them to validate approval to make the charge.  Just curious if all of us experiencing this have recently written a check to someone common to all of us, yet it is an uncommon transaction for all of us individually.  For example, what if we all have recently had collision damage repair and wrote a check for it.  It is an unusual transaction for each of us, yet all of us have made a similar transaction.  And curious if we all live in the same area.  If so, I bet we can work together to help the police figure out who is doing this and bring justice.

"UNAUTHORIZED!!" Also received the same withdrawal from my account. Billing company gave me their IP address, e-mail address used, etc. They would not disclose any additional information. This is being reported by my bank.$29.95 charge to my account. I'm livid! I do NOT understand if someone has hacked into our accounts or what? 3-5 biz days to remove this and refund the money. I am VERY skeptical. Another way for them to get our phone numers? Grrrrrrrrr. For an adult subscription??? I don't do stuff like this EVER. March 7th transaction with a phoney, baloney Ck. #. Need to slap some felony charges on this hacker.

REPORTED this to the POLICE and got a case number.

Had the same thing happen to me, looked up the IP address and it's in Westland Michigan.

Did you call county, state or local police? I'm going to call too, just wondering which one I should call.

Police report filed!!!

Same thing happened to us in Indiana on 3/1/13.

We had the same scenario here in TN.  When I called the number on the check, several alarm bells went off in my head about the whole situation.  First, the company name was not mentioned in any of the auto-answer recordings.  When it sounded like the name was going to be mentioned, a person picked up.  Second, when he picked up, he answered "Billing inquiries, how may I help you?"  No name was offered.  Third, when I told him there was an unauthorized charge on my account he almost sounded exuberant when he asked me if the amount was for $29.95.  When I gave him the "control #" he said (my husband's name) order a subscription to a porn site at 11pm on 3/3/03.  No ISP was offered.  Fourth, immediately after giving me this information he asked me if I was disputing this charge.  He was almost giddy about the idea and ready to jump on this case.  Fifth, after he verified that the charges would be refunded and gave me a "confirmation number", he gave me a warning to not file fraud charges with my bank as that would be illegal and I would be in big trouble if I did.  

I suspect that they are using these calls as a way to confirm the validity of the accounts they are hacking.  They are counting on us NOT going to the bank until they have already wiped out the remaining balance of the accounts.

I'm also noticing that these posts are all relatively new.  Which means they are hitting their victims all at once.  Has anyone received any "refunds" yet?

My money was deposited bank into my account today. I had to ask for the address or IP address and email that was on the subscription that I "supposedly" signed up for. I did contact my bank and filed a police report. My bank changed named several years ago and the bank name on the copy of the check was my banks previous name.

The check had my husband's name on it, but he is not on this account.  The only place that my husband's name and this account number show up is on an automatic withdrawal for American Income Life Insurance and on my husband's paypal account.

We too just saw a check come through here in Oregon. Same basic details as everyone else. As it's my wife I'm pretty sure she didn't order porno.

same thing here but IP went back to NJ so IP must be changing-bank with old name also

$29.95 check by phone I assume because the copy my credit union provided me was not an actual check. There was a control number listed on the draft which the credit union thought was strange. Initially, all they could tell me was that it was for a membership until they investigated further. I filed a police report this morning for endorsement forgery and signature forgery. I am also going to write to the FTC with an affidavit. I know the police won't do anything, but at least it's on record. My bank will reimburse me, but I'm mad that this was such an easy thing for someone to do with only a name and account number.

I RARELY write checks so I immediately found this and closed my accounts. The only checks I've written recently were to Safeway in February and for Portland Monthly magazine this month.

It listed the previous name of my credit union which changed in 2006, which led me to believe it was maybe an old check/checkbook that I threw out years ago that was somehow found?


The payee was to World System, who I can't find any info for. I called and "Bill" answered stating, Billing Inquiries, how can I help you?" Fluent English, west to midwest accent.

I placed a fraud alert out also, just for added peace of mind.

This just happened to my boyfriend today.  He called his bank directly and spoke with the fraud department and they refunded his money within minutes.  I wouldn't call the "World System" company, because they now know you are attached to the account they fraudulently used.  Go through your bank directly.

Looks like the money was refunded on my account also.  The bank I do business with shortened their name to the abbreviation of the old name a few years ago.  This "Check" still had the old name also.  Very interesting point.

That is interesting.  I wonder if maybe they are hacking into a system that is auto-withdrawing funds from our accounts already.  I only have 2 businesses that do that Shelter insurance and Monumental Life.

I was also fraudulently charged this transaction this morning. The check they used also had my banks previous name. They also used my maiden name which hasn't been used in 2 years. From reading all the posts it sounds like I shouldn't even go through this "World System" company and just go through my bank. I've already filed a fraud report. All of our stories seem to be linked with the fact that these scum bags are using the various bank's old names.

One more comment.  I think we can narrow this down to a breach of a company we have all done direct drafts with either currently or in the past.  I'm voting that maybe it might be DirecTV or Verizon Wireless.  Anyone want to weigh in on whether they are or have done business with these two entities?  I just had a thought...did any of you have online back accounts with HSBC?  They have been caught in fraudulent transactions in the past.