888-402-0881

Any idea what kind of damage they could do if you provide them the name number and email? Or probably just a way to appease the angry callers?

I'm from Australia. Exactly the same thing has happened to me.

I have made phone call to my bank (WBC), and they cut me out 3 times in the middle of the conversation. Fourth trial, I was simply told that since their dispute department has been unavailable for whatever the reason was, if I want to discuss this matter with them, try some other time over and over again until they were ready and until then, they would not consider this as a dispute.

This is a warning for Aussie whoever hold your account with WBC and encounter this issue, be ready.

I got burned too.  38.99 to my chase account.  i made no such purchase.  i filed compaints with FTC and ICC or whatever it is.  First thing i did when i saw the charge was  cancel my card, i reccommend you do the same as the very first thing you do.  ill dispute it when it goes through and get my money back.  im in texas.

-in texas

Yea, I have also gotten the charge for 39.87 from "ONLINE PYMT 888" on 07/07/10 I thought back to anything I could have had scheduled buy couldn't recall anything... So I called up my bank immediately got transferred to some very calm old sounding lady who was very understanding with me and told me that the card has been canceled and a new card will be sent. She said it was for some "Recreational Sport" And im thinking... "What in the world??!!" I told her the details of this page and how many others had the same exact charge from the same exact place.

She said to go to my bank ASAP and pick up a form called a "debit card affidavit form" and fill it out and have it sent so the Fraud agency can look into it further.

After talking to the lady on the phone from the bank I refreshed the page and saw the Charge taken off, Whew... what a relief... So now I'll have to follow through with going tomorrow to the bank and filling out this form.

Glad everything worked out well, and caught it right when it happened...

um no we didn't but thanks for playing along you religious zealot maybe you should just do back to your Mom's basement.

Same situation as everything listed above. I knew that this was a fraudulent charge but gave them a call just to cover my bases and say that I did. I got an answer right away, the lady spoke sketchy English, but there was a lot of background noise. She said that the only info that she had was my name, email, phone number, address and cc number. Weird, huh. She said that I had made an online purchase in the last 60 days (even though the charge was posted yesterday) through a company which she didn't have the name of nor the date of the purchase. She then offered to cancel the subscription...this is where I caught her in her lie and she got made. Did I purchase a product or did I purchase a subcription? Weird, huh. Anyways, she gave me a name: Samentha Gomez with employee #641552 ((both are probably fake). Called the cc company and got the charges reversed pending an investigation. Sweet. Getting a new card as well.

Same thing happened to me. I recently traveled to the Phoenix area but don't think that has anything to do with it after reading all the posts.  I got charged 38.99 from the 888-402-0881 number and when I called I just got the run around.  Indian lady who I could barely understand told me the best thing she could do was cancel the subscription going forward.  When I asked who or what the subscription/purchase was for she said to go back to my records and search..She said it was an online transaction within the last 60 days.  I said I have several transactions, how I am suppose to know which one this mysterious 38.99 charge is related too.  As a very impatient person, after 3 minutes of going no where with her, I told her to F* off and I would take care of it on my own.  Reported the fraud to Chase for them to investigate and had charge reversed and card cancelled.  Now I am reporting the number to FTC and hopefully enough people do the same so they actually follow up with it.

I saw this on my online bank statement - will have to take it up with Abbey in the morning...

    CARD PAYMENT TO ONLINE PYMT 8884020881,38.99 USD, RATE 0.65/£ ON 04-07-2010 (INTERNATIONAL           

Amount was for £26.44

It hit my account on the 6th July - but I don't remember this purchase or anything.

I don't know where this charge came from. I woke up to check my balance and there it was. It doesn't give a name or anything. I am cancelling my card, because I haven't used it in 4-5 days. I don't quite understand this and how someone got my information.

Let me throw my hat into the ring same thing happened to me. I was up at 3:30 this morning calling that #.  No answer I'm with ING files a dispute this morning and will have to pick it up  Monday. This is nuts.

Same thing for me, 38.99 and in arizona. Is this happening at all banks or is this a Compass Bank issue?

I think this is what happened to me, they gave me some account information that makes this the likely answer. I feel certain this is what happened to riverboss

This happened to me as well. I called the number and asked what services they provide and the lady told me that they provide "online services" then proceeded to ask me for my name. Gave her a fake name and told me she couldn't find me in their database, she then requested my email. At that point I tried ending the call but she tried to convince me to provide my name and email so that she could refund me the amount. Called my credit card company, first operator was unfriendly and insinuated that someone I live with used my credit card even though I am the only one who has access to the card. Plus I haven't used this card in months. Eventually got transferred to fraud dept. They cancelled my card and told me I wouldn't be responsible for the charge.

Hi there,

same thing happened to me.Unfortunately I saw it after 4 days the charge.What if I'd like to have my money back?Who do I have to call?And the call will cost me a lot?

many thanks for any info

Michele

Same happen to me and after reading most of these posts about this does anyone else notice that it seems to be only males that got this charge?  Obviously I don’t know everyone is male from there name but just seems like a pattern. A lot of people either lying about buying porn or just a coincidence? Also on the other hand if it was "porn" what are the odds that they would charge everyone within the past couple weeks? If it was a monthly charge or yearly renewal I highly doubt the reports on the is scam would only date back a month or so. Either way just wanted to point all that out. I too filed the dispute and cancelled my debit card.

Just back from the bank with my CC blocked and an official complaint to the police.Now I'd like to know if,from italy,it is possible to call this number(damned)and to know something about these criminals.
Is the call a free one or I have to pay if i call'em?

Michele

I had the charge also and called that same number back and was answered.  I was told it was for a subscription or a membership of some kind and that they dont have information of to what website or anything.  I was told that it was cancelled and I'll receive a refund so we'll see in 10-15 days.  If not I'll have my bank do an investigation.

Just received our mastercard bill with 8 transactions and 6 credits -  from this organisation. So they still owe us over £ 50.00 . We have never heard of them before and are reporting it to to our credit card company - fraud department.

We used bought something on line through ebay in June, has this got something to do with it????

I too had 4 amounts for $38.99 on my statement at the start of July. When I called that number (001 8884020881 from the UK) I did get through within a few seconds, and the guy was very helpful.

It was a company based in Florida who manage online payments for many companies. I gave him my name and he was able to find a record of the payments, and said they would be refunded to my card. OK so I may have to wait a couple of weeks to see if they actually get refunded, but he seemed genuine enough....

hey william, i'm just curious as to how long it took for your refund to appear? i called and they told me it would be refunded but due to the shadyness i wasn't too confident. i'd like to know when i should expect to see the charge refunded