Credit Card Fraud - A2B Transfers and Resorthoppa

[Shamless2]

I had my account hacked a month ago, there was 4 transactions in one day, one in USA, one in Hong Kong, and two for O2 top up (I have Vodafone contract), i have never used A2B or any linked company, as far as I know.

[hillside]

Exactly! And then I'll turn up in Fethiye (as I do and have done several times a year for over a decade) and my card will be declined because of "irregular activity"!!!

haha - very true !

[Menthol]

I tend to be way more cash centric nowadays. Obviously this has its own risks too.

But apart from the necessary submission of your card at Reception in a hotel, I never use any cards whilst abroad. Which is ridiculous really. I have this fear, as Scunner touched on though, of finding myself abroad and my cards being declined and no access to monies *shudder*

It isn't because I'm a Luddite (well not much of one anyway  )

[littlereddevil]

But if your cards are declined it is usually sorted if you phone them up. Always works for us. Credit cards have 24 hour numbers to call

[gangan]

Add my name to the list .......
Used A2B in May.
Bank contacted me in July about suspiscious activity on my card (multiple charges to 02 on same day).
Card cancelled, refund made and new card issued.

[gangan]

Hi everyone this just happened to me.

I booked transfers with resort hopper on the net filled in the form it looked fine everything was correct, paid the money.
when i came to print my voucher off it was wrong opposite to what i had put in.
the only way to amend is to cancel and re-book. so i rang the contact number and spoke to them, i was told to cancel the order and put it in again.
i asked if i would be charged for cancellation, she said £3.00. so i cancelled and decided it was a bit dodgy so booked with a company .
4 days later no refund so i rang them! and was told you get charged 100percent for cancelling!!  different to what i was told. so money was lost,
i have now booked with a company where you pay on the day!!!

[Menthol]

Hi everyone this just happened to me.

I booked transfers with resort hopper on the net filled in the form it looked fine everything was correct, paid the money.
when i came to print my voucher off it was wrong opposite to what i had put in.
the only way to amend is to cancel and re-book. so i rang the contact number and spoke to them, i was told to cancel the order and put it in again.
i asked if i would be charged for cancellation, she said £3.00. so i cancelled and decided it was a bit dodgy so booked with a company .
4 days later no refund so i rang them! and was told you get charged 100percent for cancelling!!  different to what i was told. so money was lost,
i have now booked with a company where you pay on the day!!!

How annoying, gangan! But your experience does sound a little different to the others quoted on here. Is this a different kind of fraud perhaps? 

[Susiepink]

My friend rang me yesterday to tell me that her credit card had just been used to book a hotel in Luxor for £1000. She was presuming this was as a result of her using the card when we were in Luxor in April. My immediate thoughts were, well, if someone cloned her card in April they have taken a long time to use it. Our conversation then turned to the A2B issues that I have been reading about on here, and lo and behold, she used her card last week to book a transfer with A2B for when she goes to Barcelone next month!!!
Seems its a pretty prolific problem with A2B at the moment, they need to get it sorted, and quick !

[eldestblade]

yes lloyds tsb didnt contact us,about 3 o2 top ups,and 2 t.mobile.it was only when i checked my statement after reading about a2b,as we are on contract to 3.having rang lloyds tsb fraud team,i told them that there seemed to be a link to that booking, and maybe there site wasnt secure enough.was just told £75 was just a minimal amount,and wasnt worth time and money realy.but add up just on forum,and it all adds up

[Scunner]

Yes I'm sure there is a tiny percentage of victims posting about it, the total amount must be huge.

It's also disappointing to hear your bank were so laid back about what happens to your money that you entrusted to them to look after, rather than stick it under the bed. I must say it is always something that worried me - I was very lucky it had never happened to me up till this. My bank (First Direct) brought it to my attention almost immediately it happened, I had no idea, then shut down my card account, issued a new card and removed the fraudulent transactions, all within 24 hours. It really was absolutely painless for me.