Digital Star unauthorized charge
Complaint
Steve
Country: United States
A preauthorization for $74.95 from Digital Star with a bad phone number (208-123-7377) showed up on my debit card account 1/29/12. Called bank fraud department and had the account killed immediately. They stopped the charge since it had not completed. Do not know who Digital Star is or what the charge was for. I use the card for online purchases mainly through Amazon. No purchases in the last 30 dqays. However, I placed orders in the last 60 days from a company called Turncraft (woodworking plans), Personal Creations, and Entirely Pets. I wonder what companies others have used recently.
Comments
Is this the Russian mafia raising funds for Putin?
Interesting that you actually reached a "receptionist".
Looks like they are trying to keep the scam going a little longer.
Based on numerous consumer complaints, their "business" is still just fraud.
Any indication where they are really located? Ask how the weather is.
(Forget the mail drop address on their website. They could forward anywhere.)
Any accents?
http://thecabin.net/news/local/2012-02-27/police-beat-022812
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10. Fraudulent use of a credit card. The victim stated that someone used her Centennial Bank account to make an unauthorized purchase with a company called Digital Star for $149.
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However, they gave me no trouble. Canceled the card and transferred to a new one, which they are expressing to me. No arguing.
It would make sense, of course, if they blocked all transactions from this company for all their customers. I don't know if they will.
Consumer reports are all over the map, from already being aware of this scam, to never hearing of it, at the same bank.
I have bought lots of small computer hardware stuff on Amazon with this cc. I'm guessing they got the cc number from one of the Amazon secondary online vendors.
I disputed the payment with my credit card, and we'll see what the outcome is.
http://www.moneyville.ca/article/1139772--bel ... or-topped-3-000
The reality is that all of these consumer complaints are alleging that they never even did business with this "company", yet somehow they got their credit or debit card information and used it for these fraudulent charges. Despite these consistent allegations in fraud complaints to the banks, THE BANKS HAVE NOT SHUT THIS DOWN.
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If you don’t check your credit card bills, you may not spot dubious charges from companies whose names you don’t recognize.
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Beth O’Shaughnessy found a $76.72 charge from a firm she didn’t know while looking at her CIBC Visa account online.
“On further reviewing our bill, we realized this was the second charge from the same company, with another one in the same amount two weeks ago,” she said.
The company, Digital Star, has attracted many online complaints across North America for charging people’s credit cards and not delivering any goods or services.
George Wark found Digital Star charges of $74.95 and $2.16 on his BMO MasterCard bill. He, too, didn’t remember dealing with the company.
“I’m very meticulous about checking my bank accounts regularly, despite whatever security measures are claimed to apply,” he said.
He was told to fill out a fraud form and wait for the bank to investigate the suspicious charges. He would get a refund in a few months if the charges were indeed unauthorized.
O’Shaughnessy didn’t like the lengthy refund process. After contacting me, she got her money back from CIBC within a week of finding the charges.
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"refund in a few months if the charges were indeed unauthorized"
And that is why DEBIT CARDS ARE NOT SAFE.