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unauthorized purchases

Coverage of unauthorized purchases in the Nexus archive.

Earliest in view: Jun 19 · 19:49 UTCMost recent: Jul 26 · 02:25 UTC
Co-mentioned in this coverage
American Expressorganization1Sam’s Cluborganization1e-gift cardstopic1academy.complace1membership auto-renewaltopic1prepaid cardtopic1/u/No_Pangolin6790person1foraging tooltopic1wardrobe piecestopic1
Recent coverage
  • SECURITYJul 26 · 02:25 UTCR/SCAMS
    Amex stolen the same day our Sam’s Club auto-renewed

    An American Express card was stolen the same day a Sam’s Club membership auto-renewed, leading to unauthorized $50 e-gift card purchases at academy.com. Nine days later, a $600 e-gift card purchase attempt using the same Amex on file with Sam’s Club triggered an alert via an email from Amex. The user suspects a security breach or vulnerability at Sam’s Club.

  • SECURITYJun 19 · 19:49 UTCR/SCAMS
    [US] Unknown buyer used my prepaid card for useless things, pretry devasted.

    A user reported that an unknown buyer used their prepaid card to purchase unnecessary items, causing distress. The user had saved money to buy quality wardrobe pieces and foraging tools but discovered the card was misused. They filed a report, and the funds are currently on hold.