On my monthly credit card bill I occasionally see a vendor whose name does not quite match the name of the store I patronized. It's not unusual for a purchase to be charged to a parent company, and these instances are easily verified.
Recently however, I noticed a puzzling $0.10 charge from CENTR LIMITED 888-560-6635 TX. First, I don't remember ever making a $0.10 purchase using a credit card. Second, I have never had the opportunity to visit Texas nor have I -- as far as I know -- had any business with an online company based in Texas. Huh.
I can only assume that some criminal accessed my credit card information from one of my online transactions and the $0.10 charge was a test to see if I was someone who paid a modicum of attention to their monthly bill.
Moral of the story? Check your bills regularly, and question every charge you don't remember.
I googled the above phone number and apparently I'm very much far from the only victim of these criminals.
Did you phone your credit card company for this unauthorized charge? DL
ReplyDeleteYes, I already did. They're sending me a new card with a new account number.
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