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.
2 comments:
Did you phone your credit card company for this unauthorized charge? DL
Yes, I already did. They're sending me a new card with a new account number.
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