Re: Uber

On 1/22/2025 3:32 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 1/22/2025 2:29 PM, cyclintom wrote:

I think that Uber is a car ride service. After I just paid off my credit card, I purchased another set of shoes. The one's I have (tennis shoes) does not have the laces passing through a slot in the tongue. This maked them very difficult to put on. So I bought another set with the proper lacing.
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In any case, directyly after I bought those shoes I did get a notice that I had bought them. But then I just noticed that I have 26 charges from Uber for a total of slightly more than $500. So, I canceled those charges and am getting a replacement card. This screws everything up since bills that I pay via check weren't being delivered so I changed to "paperless". Changing the card means that those accounts cannot access my checking account.
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So, not only will I have to go back to sending a check in for those bills but taking the envelopes to the local post office to make sure they will be delivered. Why do you suppose someone would steal bills with a check inside? These things are triple checked so that there isn't any way you can pass a bad check.
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So rather than buying things on-line with my credit card, I am going to have to use checks. I used to use Paypal until they started buying things under my name such as cash cards. When I refused to pau for those they killed my account with them. Now I was willing to let pass the FIRST occassion that happened but AFTER I warned them that I did not make that purchase, they accepted three more occassions until I changed my credit card. I had the same problem with Amazon.
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I had an app on my old desktop that allowed a company to go in and clean out the clutter which was necessary on the old 16 bit desktop so that it would run at a reasonable speed. When I moved the old disk into the new 32 bit desktop, it of course went along with it and I suspect that someone at that clutter cleaner company was using that app to order things via Paypal and Amazon when that dawned on me, I uninstalled it and never had that particular problem again.
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But I am not going to settle with Paypal and Amazon AFTER I warned them that I was not ordering these cash services and they continued to sell them to supposedly me.
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Paypak was handy since you had a guaranteed lock on your crediut card. And perhaps someone else is not providing a like service since they were so successful.

 People steal checks from the mails because they can be altered to a different payee and/or amount.
 https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-thieves-caught-camera- following-stealing-usps/15048297/
 https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-issue-alert-after-thieves- steal-us/15019253/
 https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mail-thefts-personal-information- taxes-january/
 Electronic fraud (PayPal, Venmo, online charge/debit cards etc) differs in technique but not by nature.
 It's possible that your computer techs retrieved your financial data, passwords etc but unlikely.  More probably a card skimmer, stolen paper statement, other interception of your data.
 You generally have to discover a fraud and file a criminal fraud report within 30 days to have it ameliorated by your bank or vendor. Many rules many exceptions:
 https://www.bankrate.com/credit-cards/advice/know-your-rights-credit- card-fraud/
 https://www.occ.gov/topics/consumers-and-communities/consumer- protection/fraud-resources/check-fraud.html
 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/know-rights-facing-credit- card-190100366.html
 

Tom be careful that seems like a lot of things going wrong at once. I used both a credit card and paypal. Mostly credit card because they are safe when you buy things and bad product or something does not add up. I had one issue only once that I bought something and then pretty much knew it was a fraud. I contact VISA and they had it resolved very fast. Paypal is good to no problems but i get money back from the credit card and pay the balance off every month.
You can have a credit card and then access the statement and transactions anything online. I do this daily. I went to Walmart yesterday for groceries and check this morning. The charge is pending all good. I recently bought a Garmin 945 Forerunner on line. On the credit card because if it does not come I have protection,
BTW this Garmin is fantastic. I have a 935 too but this is quite an upgrade and still not the current version. It was a good deal compared to paying $459 for the 965 current version.\
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Deacon Mark