Be careful out there. I have just had £784 put on my credit card by someone - and it wasn't me..
Avis Car hire, Dartford, Kent put this money on the card. My card has been harvested by a Trojan somewhere - as the guy "Mr Gbenga Kabli" (according to the Avis advisor) had a couple of attempts at putting the payment through (according to the fraud dept here) - this suggests a card was handed over by this person - and therefore a cloned card, which suggests organised crime - as it must have been phished (I never pay in person with it (only online) - so it cannot have been swiped and then cloned by a person).
My bank are returning the money and stopped the card now. For my part - I have a load of paperwork now to fill in - fraud reports, new DD authorities etc.
I am SOOOOO careful with these things - I am shocked that I've been had. Thinking now - there are only about 3 or 4 places it could have happened. My laptop is being binned tonight - but I see a Desktop rebuild at home coming on - or deep scan at the very least. Hmmm.
So please treat this as a real life and timely reminder (coming up to Christmas)



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