Card Fraud. Got it taped

[Kozmyk]

Reading about tapes for foam on the Sloping Off thread reminded me to mention.

tapes2.xx.xx - I ordered a selection of reinforced tape, leccy tape and masking and duly waited.

A couple of days later my debit card was refused on an Amazon order as my bank had detected suspicious card use and stopped it, quite how they figured it wasn't me using the card they didn't say.

Turns out the fraudulent use was the same day I placed the tape order, the only first time traffic that day.

 

I waited a few days then enquired of the tape company how my order was getting on.

"Unable to fulfill order. Completely Out of stock. Awaiting a delivery date."

What? All the items OOS? How likely is that?

What kind of business holds no stock?

No mention of the inability to process the funds.

Suspicions aroused I looked over the paperwork.

The order number was a really low figure, low one hundreds.

Could this be a bogus operation?

Now I don't have access to the information that the Card Fraud Services of my bank does so I can't prove anything.

But something wasn't quite kosha about it all.

Maybe the server had been hacked, maybe a dodgy employee. Who knows?

 

Suffice it to say that I've cancelled the order and will shop elsewhere.

Lucky for me that the bank acted so quickly.

New card arrived in a few days and I'm back to my favourite hobby of ordering modelling stuff online.

I've heard that some people actually fly this stuff.