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Found a charge on my account for $6.56 on March 14 2009 for eastcoastmobilestyle. Called my card company who tried without success to reach anyone at the number that was listed with it. I'll be watching my account a bit more regularly now...and requesting a new account number.

Same thing happened to me down here in Georgia... they got $4.56. Definitely call your credit card company/ bank and put a fraud alert on it as soon as you can.

Same here, Washington state, $2.56.

same here!! Call your bank they will investigate, but yeah, you will lose your bank card and have to get a new one.

Same thing showed up on my Citi Visa.  Just disputed the charge...

Got charged also... happened to be right around the time I received a letter about a security breach.  Strange.

Same thing here in IL: $2.56 on 3/23. Bank said charge was "made online," but clearly someone has my number so that card is cancelled. This thief really needs to be stopped and charged criminally.

I also got an unauthorized charge from eastcoastmobilestyle 912-289-0124 dated 2/17.  After reading these posts, safe to conclude this is another scam and should be stopped.

Same here, i had a posting for $4.56. Called my bank to cancel the debit card.

I had the same thing happen to me on the $4.56 charge.  I usually don't look at my account online much, but I happened to a couple of days ago when I noticed there was a charge pending and had not charged anything to that credit card in a couple of months.  I called my bank (credit card is through them) and they weren't able to do anything until it went through.  It finally went through today and I called the number listed online, but also only got an answering machine with someone on there whose first language was not English.  I googled the phone number and came up with this site.  I called my bank back and told them about the charge and told them about this site and they took off the charge and is issuing me a new credit card.

I work in fraud/disputes at a bank and recently we suddenly received several concerns from this company. From the looks of it, it looks like these people are charging random small amounts to stolen card numbers(there's a saying: the perfect crime isn't stealing a million dollars from one person, it's to steal 1 dollar from a million people). These people seem to know what they are doing as well considering that several Visa processors only accept chargebacks in fraud/dispute cases if the amount is larger than five dollars so a many of you that received this charge will be eaten by the bank's expense.

This is what you can do if you received this charge and you'd like to take action.

1.) Call your bank and file a fraud dispute. even though it is a small amount, you want to at least alert your financial institution so they can get the ball rolling. At the very least, cancel your card number and reorder a new one!

2.) Go to the FTC fraud reporting website ( https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ ) and file a complaint. If enough people take notice of this charge, then the feds will be able to get involved!

3.) It looks like the merchant that these charges are coming for have a website at ( http://eastcoastmobilestyle.biz/ ). Judging from what I heard, I doubt you will be able to get a hold of them through their contacts, but it doesn't hurt to try.

4.) File a complaint with Georgia's BBB (better business bureau). This company is obviously not a part of the BBB but it's good to at least alert them to let them know that they have a merchant doing criminal acts in their area.

Good luck to you all!

This also happened to me today in Tenn. Does anyone know who we can lodge a complaint with about this. It is happening all over the US it appears. I called the number also and only received a VM. There has to be a way to stop this.

same here. glad for this site and thankful my husband checks acounts several time a wk. also make sure you get cash out before you close card.

My checking account was charged with $6.56 on 3-23-09 and I never heard of this Company (East Coast Mobile Style). When I called the number I got a recording referring me to their website but was not able to speak with a person.

even this thieves manage to charge usd 4.56 from my card!! I am from the Netherlands Europe. My last visit in the US was June 2007...

FRAUD ALERT, EASTCOASTMOBILESTYLE.BIZ 912-289-0124 aka EASTCOASTMOBILE.NET is a fake front company that is part of a large group of fraudulent websites processing hijacked card data into cash. The card data fraud laundering operation is ran by a multi year Russian organized crime syndicate, operating from Eastern Europe.

The fake sites are set up exclusively to process stolen card data, and launder the charges into cash. The stolen funds are then wired to various banks in Bulgaria, Latvia, Kyrgstan, and Cyprus. Some of the stolen funds have ended up in the Ukraine.

This Russian organized crime syndicate recruits cyber-mules either through fake job adds, or by targeting online posted resumes at careerbuilders.com, Monster, etc. They masquerade as legitimate software companies from various countries in Europe. The duped cyber-mules are then instructed to set up domestic LLCs / Corps, open a business bank account, and obtain merchant gateway processing services specifically through authorize.net. The crime syndicate manages the associated website and uses the services set up by the cyber-mules to launder hijacked credit cards into cash. Every single charge processed via these sites are from stolen card data. It is estimated that they may process 2 million cards a year, and may have 40 to 50 fraud sites operating at any given time.

If you receive a charge from one of these fraud entities, it is imperative that you report the charge as FRAUDULENT, and cancel and replace the card. They will keep charging it, also, CHECK YOUR PRIOR STATEMENTS for small fraud charges that you may have missed.

Also, please file a report at http://www.ic3.gov/complaint

EASTCOASTMOBILESTYLE.BIZ 912-289-0124 aka EASTCOASTMOBILE.NET is specifically addressed on a post on this page: scroll Down
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19620593-Ebo ... OASTMOBILESTYLE


The complete story of this long running criminal organization is documented starting here: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19620593-Ebo ... DigitalAgePluto

I just noticed a charge that appeared yesterday also from this same company for $4.56.  In my searching I've seen other message boards of many other people getting charged by this bogus company.  I also called the number and got the same message as everybody else.  I've contacted my credit card holder to dispute the charge and am getting issued a new card.  I am curious though, the only things I have bought online recently were from Amerimax Advance LLC and BBTrackball.com, LLC.  I'm wondering if they have compromised my CC information at all.  Did anybody else by from either of these vendors and then subsequently receive a charge from East Coast Mobile Style?

I had a positive result to this problem.  I had a charge on my credit card Saturday, March 28th for $6.56 from East Coast Mobile Style in Georgia.  I had not charged anything for that amount so I called the number but, as with the others, I just got a recording.  However, the recording gave me an email address so I emailed them that I did not know what the charge was for and did not think that I had authorized it.  The next day I received an email stating that the charge was for a Windows Mobile Theme and if I had not authorized it to let them know and they would refund my money.  I emailed them back that I had not authorized it.  The very next day I had a refund in my account and a nice email telling me that they had issued a refund.  A lot of people obviously heard the phone message and did not bother to email them.  They were very courteous and prompt with my refund.

Unfortunately Barbara, you have fallen into the organized crime syndicate's trap.

The criminals want the charge victims who catch the charge to contact them and not report the charge as a fraud to the bank. That way they can issue you a credit and avoid the chargeback fees. Also, it is the victims who report it as a fraud which eventually causes the merchant account to be revoked for excessive charge backs. The criminals tactic of issuing a credit avoids that issue and helps to sustain the fraud operation. Less than 10% of the fraud charges ever get reported or disputed.


Remember !! EVERY SINGLE CHARGE PROCESSED BY THIS FAKE COMPANY IS MADE TO CARD DATA THAT THEY HACKED FROM THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM.

Your card data has been compromised, these criminals have your full name and address your card number, exp date and CVV2 number. Even though they have know issued you a credit, they will continue to process more fraud charges against your card under this name or various other fake names that they are using.

The only solution is to have your card number replaced.

I have been tracking this criminal operation for over two years, and I know exactly how they operate, where they are, and how and to where they launder the fraudulent proceeds.

Happened to me too...$4.56  Nebraska