Marston took money from my credit card - no previous mail, nothing

[bluebottle]

Re: Marston took money from my credit card - no previous mail, nothing

There was a Chinese restaurant in Manchester that was in the local news a little while ago. After a meal many people throw their credit card on the waiters tray, he was taking them in the office and photo copying both sides before processing the sale. Then he was selling the copies, quite a lucrative trade.

He cane unstuck when the owner walked in and caught him in the act

In the words of Capt Mainwaring from 'Dad's Army', "Stupid Boy". What did he get, apart from the sack and a meat cleaver in his cranium?

[bizzybob]

Re: Marston took money from my credit card - no previous mail, nothing

In the words of Capt Mainwaring from 'Dad's Army', "Stupid Boy". What did he get, apart from the sack and a meat cleaver in his cranium?

Probably ended up as pork char sui by the time the Triads had finished with him

[rad]

Re: Marston took money from my credit card - no previous mail, nothing

After additional investigation I found out that another transaction (to admiral.com) was attempted and blocked before I cancelled the card.

So it does look like a scam after all. I really wonder who would be so brilliant as to pay for his (or someone else perhaps?) debts with the stolen credit card. I will go through Barclaycard process and hopefully in couple months it all should be sorted and the losses recovered. Many thanks for all the answers and help.

P.S. I have a suspicion as to who could get hold of this card number. There is one dodgy car rental company in London to which my better part gave a card number about two weeks ago. Only after we checked the google reviews of this company we realized the mistake and cancelled the booking. But that is obviously a wild guess.

Anything else I can do except going through Barclaycard recovery to help eradicate the thief from this society?

Many thanks,
R

[ostell]

Re: Marston took money from my credit card - no previous mail, nothing

Strange about the car rental company, that's where I think my card got the details taken. Phone booking by my wife.

[CleverClogs]

Re: Marston took money from my credit card - no previous mail, nothing

Anything else I can do except going through Barclaycard recovery to help eradicate the thief from this society?

Alas, Barclaycard will still permit the culprit to live.

[rad]

Re: Marston took money from my credit card - no previous mail, nothing

Strange about the car rental company, that's where I think my card got the details taken. Phone booking by my wife.

Was it a London car rental based in Ealing/London by any chance? That I feel would be a too much of a coincidence.

[ostell]

Re: Marston took money from my credit card - no previous mail, nothing

Wasn't London, as far as I rememebr, can't remember the full details but it was a company promising to find the cheapest deal. It was flagged to Barclaycard as the most probable.