BIG HEADS UP!! Google market
 

I am sure you guys already know the market isnt exactly safe well this is a heads up. Someone tried to use my credit card to purchase $524 worth of theatraical tickets in london. The only thing I have used that card for in the last two months is the google market and one online purchase, so I am guessing it came from the market. Anyway, I just got a call from my credit union this morning informing me of this.

If you are using a debit card to make your purchases I suggest switching to a credit card they are a lot safer and when something like this happens you are not liable. Also dont forget to check your statements or go online and monitor your accounts, there has been nomoruse reports of refunds not being givin or double charges.

Yeah this is all pretty standered blah blah blah lol but its just a heads up.

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Sorry that happened to you, that sucks. I have, however, moved this thread to the general Android forums, since it could apply to all Android users.

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Sorry about that I normaly just post in this forum and to me that was the general forum.

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No worries! I just thought that since the issue may be Market related, all Android users should have an opportunity to read this.

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nice segue

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damn that sucks dude, could you by chance list some of the stuff you downloaded from the market so we can see if its something in particular? thanks

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Just because the last place you used your credit card was Android Market doesn't mean that it's the place where your credit card number was taken from...
Credit/Debit cards are contently being attacked by thieves. The chances are just as even that your number was taken that way as it was from Android Market

If I were you I'd do the following
1. Cancel your current credit/debit card
2. File a police report with your local police department

Thanks for letting us know!

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Correct and correct! The card was auto canceled once it was confirmed it was a fragulent purchase. Also considering the location the bad purchase came from it was most likely an internet purchase or an app store purchase that stole the number. This is just theory obviously. However my theory is probably good. I dont use this card for anything other then apps. I used it for an internet purchase several months ago for a set of Astro A40 headphones directly from the Astro A40 web site. I also used it on the net to purchase the yxplayer. Other then those two purchases all other purchases came from the app store. I highly doubt it was stolen from the astro site. It had to of been stolen from either the app store or the yxplayer site. I dont use this card to purchase gas or hit the mac machine.

The purchase came from London I live in the USA and have never visited London. Yeah it could have some how magicly got stolen from somewhere else but I highly doubt it. I dont have internet banking with this card its pretty prehistory in that regard lol so it couldnt have been stolen from my laptop. It most likley got picked up off the app store.

Also I am not hating just warning. I will continue to use the app store with a credit card only. The benifits of using a credit card are that a credit card is insured making it safer.

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I'm curious (since I haven't actually purchased any paid apps yet) - when you hit Buy, are you taken to a payment page set up by the app's author, or is it an Android Market payment page where they act as sort of a "go-between" for you and the app's author?

Edit: I just tried a few and all used Google Checkout, which to my understanding is very similar to using PayPal to accept payments - Google Checkout is acting as the payment gateway and the person your buying from never actually sees your full CC info... I still don't know if all purchases use Google Checkout, but personally I'd be leery of any that don't use that or PayPal or some other well known payment gateway... otherwise, you have no idea where your CC info is really going

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the numbers can be stolen easily by multiple people, numbers are sold in bulk on the internet all the time and could have even been sprint. i and many others about a year ago got a letter from sprint stating that an employee sold my information as well as many others to a source and to change and cancel everything connected to the account... i had 55,000 plus worth of ppc's ordered on my account but thankfully sprint got that cleared up after being on the phone with them for 10 hours plus... people online sell these numbers in bulk as well, they get the numbers before they are activated and sell thousands at a time to people over the net and just may have been your turn to have your number used to make these purchases.

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What never been to London? It's a pretty cool place I lived in England for 4 years when I was younger.

When I worked at a bank, if a debit card was used fraudulently the owner of the card was not responsible for the fraudulent use so long as they filed paperwork with the bank.

My Paypal account was hacked once which was linked to my debit card, they took everything from my checking account. I filled out paperwork with my bank and I was reimbursed immediately.

I agree with you on using credit cards though, because then you're not out of pocket any cash...

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Had that happen to me before but it was as a result of paypal. I have text transaction alerts set to my phone whenever my card is used and here I am sitting at work.. and I get 3 consecutive transaction alerts from my card being used @ some online website for 3 purchases of about 800 bucks worth of stuff. Called the bank immediately and they cancelled the transactions, then had to three way call the online site and get them to put cancellations on the orders. Had all the money back in my account within a few hours and they cancelled the card and sent me a new one. They they filed a fraud case against the address and oddly enough the address was on a MILITARY base.

Ever since then I went and bought one of those little pre-paid debit cards and keep about 50 bucks on it for stuff like the market. That way even if I do get got again they wont get much.

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+1 on pre-paid. I use it since i have had issues in past with overdraw protection and yet they let you overdraw anyways. Prepaid only works as far as what you have on card. But to a limit. I had sms off for a bit. Found out hard way even prepaid isn't that safe. Conico/phillips 66 aka hutches in oklahoma had bbeen pulling a fast one on me. Checkout says $5.37, swype card and receipt showed same. By time i get to car i get an sms that says $6.00 come to find out they round up to next $$ and you don't find out til bill comes. It overdrafted a prepaid card. Good thing was over $2 overdraft was all i paid instead of $20 per overdraft

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It could not be a google market place as they all use Google Checkout...the people who receive the money get it in their accounts and are paid by Google...It is not possible for it to be stolen there...

did you use the card offline at all? or at an ATM?

Maybe you visited an online site that placed a Trojan and/or keylogger on your pc or there was that Flash exploit recently as well..

or maybe they had your number for a while and chose to use it month later to cover up their tracks...

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Trolls. They hide in the gutters and wait till you're not looking. I did the "buy app now" thing once and then backed out. It showed my card info and prompted me to continue without even asking for card info. If someone had your email/password then they would have your card info. Blam purchase made. Check your email and mark as not read, you would never know.

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Thanks for the heads up.