I received a call and an e-mail from a farm supply company in Nebraska wanting to know if I had ordered a livestock killing device that was to be shipped to someplace in New York for $1,200. They had to google my name in order to get my work phone number and my e-mail address.
Um, no.
It seems that the person who tried to buy this thing from the company's website had all of my CC info, including the super secret 3 digit code from the back of the card. The company thought the order smelled fishy and called the contact number that the crook had given them. The company tried to get some additional info from the guy and he hung up on them. Moments later the crook tried to order from their website again, using another name and CC number, same item shipped to the same re-shipper's address. The company never ran the cards.
The CC in question was newly issued to me in 9/11 and I've only used it a handful of times since then. All but one of these uses was paying at the pump at gas stations. The one time that I used it online was buying parts for my hot tub, this was from a company in Utah that I've purchased from many times in the past. I called this company and told them what happened. They swear up and down that there's no way for anyone to get my CC info from them, except for the last 4 digits of the CC number.
So how did the crook get my CC number, the exp date, the code from the back of the card, and my name? Of course I called the CC company and informed them, they canceled the card and started an investigation.
The farm supply company gave me the phone number that the crook supplied them with. I called it, no answer (surprise!), but it was one of those Magic Jack numbers.