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raccoon

(31,454 posts)
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 06:07 AM Oct 20

Mysterious contactless transaction on Discover card

Recently my Discover card had a transaction on it I didn't make. It was for a small amount in a drugstore I've never even heard of in a state I've never been to, about 600 miles away. I reported it electronically and got back an email telling me to take it up with the merchant.

I called Discover and the representative said it was a contactless transaction, Which I understood from her meant that the Card had been tapped. I could tell she didn't believe I hadn't done the transaction, though she didn't outright say it.

She said they would get a copy of the receipt from the merchant and send it to me.

I'm the only person who uses this card and there is no duplicate to the best of my knowledge.

WTF is going on? Any of you ever experienced anything like this?

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Think. Again.

(17,907 posts)
1. I was in NYC once when a charge for $23,000 was made on my card in a bagel store in California...
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 06:14 AM
Oct 20

I called the card company and they cancelled the transaction from my card immediately, but I don't know how they handled anything about the theft.

Lulu KC

(4,182 posts)
2. Yes
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 06:15 AM
Oct 20

It was for $1. The person who took the call said the same thing and was very blasé about it. I was somewhat peeved. Several days later I got a call from Discover about fraud. Same merchant, larger amount, plus another merchant. They had to send me a new card.

I stopped using Discover as my primary card.

(Mine was a clothing store and then a printer ink store.)

lastlib

(24,901 posts)
3. Lock or close the account quickly.
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 06:17 AM
Oct 20

Common tactic for ID thieves is to make small purchases as a "test" before using it to make bigger ones.

SheltieLover

(59,599 posts)
4. My bank's fraud dept staff told me exactly the same thing years ago
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 06:32 AM
Oct 20

I'm surprised the rep didn't immediately deactivate your card & issue a new one.

mercuryblues

(15,099 posts)
7. When you put a hold on a discover card
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 06:49 AM
Oct 20

It automatically comes off after 10 days,
Cancel it immediately

doc03

(36,694 posts)
5. I had my Master Card hacked back in July. There were seven charges in Europe
Sun Oct 20, 2024, 06:34 AM
Oct 20

for around $200 total that also included a foreign transaction fee. I haven't been in Europe since 1970.
When I called, they told me they would investigate, and it may take two billing cycles to complete which it
did and everything was taken care of. I did what a friend of mine told me he did. I went on the Bank Website
settings and set it up where I get an e-mail anytime a charge of more than $10 is made on my card and anytime
there 3 or more charges in one day. I had made a trip to Niagra Falls and Toronto a few days before, I think
since I was in crowds of people from all over the world that is where it happened.

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