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bridgett d
Country: United States
my credit union notified me today of suspicious transaction on my account,dollar figure:149.00 and a 'fee' of 2.95....never authorized anything,especially to a 'Digital Star'....closed out the card,reissued another one...have goggled this company,not much found...I do know area codes of 447 are usually found from Europe,and usually connections with scammers from Africa area

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    Zoheret
    The country code is Great Britain, but the scammers are likely from a certain sub-continent that has
    been used by the greedy American companies that do not want to pay their citizens a living wage as Customer Service Representatives(CSRs). These CSRs (usually from Bangalore, India's "Silicon Valley") have Master's degrees - even PhDs, but cannot find similar jobs in their underdeveloped country so they become CSRs of American companies.

    They actually hate the Americans who employ them, considering them "exploitative" (although their $50 per week buys them fairly comfortable lifestyles, and WE Americans (many of whom would be happy to get a $10 per hour job doing CSR work) are deprived of the chance because the greedy corporate heads think they are "saving money" by hiring the Indians.)

    Actually, some of these Indian "techies" are apparently trying not only to extort money from American citizens by posing as collection agents, or state and Federal officers who will have their victims "arrested" if they do not wire them money, pronto, on non-existent loans (see those complaints on complaintwire.org also), but I suspect that they are trying to disrupt the American economy with these Digital Star fraudulent charges. (I have reason to believe that they may be Indians working out of Great Britain.)

    If so, they are doing an excellent job; already I have seen complaints levied against a certain multi-billion dollar company (that is apparently doing nothing to resolve the situation because they claim they "can't be hacked"), and at least two other people (besides myself) have resolved NEVER AGAIN to do business with them. That, coupled with the fact that they have apparently gotten rid of reputable vendors (with track records of hundreds of thousands to millions of sales, and excellent customer service, in favor of "Just Launched" firms with non-existent to uncertain track records) may signal the end, in short order, of a once-thriving mercantile giant.

    Hopefully, the Federal Government will collaborate with Interpol, and do something about these wretches before the banking system collapses under weight of all these fraudulent charges (which seem to be growing daily), and we have a Depression to rival that of the 1930s.
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    tj
    Numerous similar reports of fraudulent charges are being reported on other threads.  It appears that "Digital Star Ltd." was "dissolved" on Jan. 29, 2012.  It looks like their merchant account is now under control of criminals submitting fraudulent charges.

    Main thread:
    https://complaintwire.org/complaint/ubMBAAAAAAA/digital-star

    If you are getting fraudulent charges, IMMEDIATELY block the card number, and submit a fraud dispute to your bank.  Your bank can reverse fraudulent charges if you dispute promptly.
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    Matt
    I just had the same thing happen to me, and I have no idea how they got my number, but my bank told me to file a police report and they refunded me the money right away.
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    Missy
    Just found a charge of $74.95 on my CC statement from igital Star! (2/23/12) CC rep. said it is a Theatrical Agency in Great Britain. Of course, they have no idea of how they got my CC # (or many others, I suspect)
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    Pamjmerc
    I too had a charge on my CC for $74.95 (date of 1/28/12) from Digital Star with phone numbers of
    +44208123737 and +442081237377GB.  The credit card service rep told me that they are registered as "ticket agent".  I received my statement on Saturday and immediately had the card canceled and  filed a dispute today. I rarely use this card and have no idea how they got the credit card number.

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