Buyer be aware

[Lee24h]

Today i had the shock of my life when i got home
my bank account was empty.
after much hassle with my bank i have found out that either hackers
or wonga themselves have taken my money ( ive never even been on the wonga site)
Then the bank said some shopping sites are being phished at the moment
And with Mb models twitter account being hacked it would stand to reason that they may be targeting the rc car sector at the moment
I will list the sites i have purchased from using my card rather than paypal
( im not saying dont buy of these sites as i trust them and i always buy of them and will to continue to buy of there sites)
Here they are:

edited due to new link

Please dont post anything nasty im not being detremental about those sites
But use this as a word of warning

[jimmy]

www.malwarebytes.org

[Lee24h]

Ill look into that cheers
However does it protect iphones because i brought stuff from a mixture of iphone and pc

[Andyp]

My Girlfriend had a call from the bank at the start of the week, Wonga had tried to take out £1 from her account. The bank had stopped this along with her cards.Once again she had never been on the site.

Have heard of quiet a few people having problems after using Amazon also...

Seems to be the same trend as you kinda had.

[knighthawk]

Originally Posted by jimmy

www.malwarebytes.org

deffo +1

[JonyNitro]

Amazon pal, that's were it happened, I am sure

[welshmerlin]

Hi Lee

Wonga got me too this week for £760. Halifax bank was very good and refunded straight away. I haven't used any of the sites you listed.

Mike

[Dudders]

Think those site lists need editing mods not good to spread unfounded rumours.

[adon30]

Wonga was on watchdog the other week for doing the same thing.

[cigbunt]

Originally Posted by adon30

Wonga was on watchdog the other week for doing the same thing.

i seen that.. what details do you need to get a loan from wonga? quite worrying... it may be where your information is held rather than a website you visited!

[racingdwarf]

Never use a shop online thats not got paypal,least that way they have no direct access to your bank accounts.

TBH dudders he's not slandering a shop, just warning people. Think I'm right in saying schumacher had a few probs few years ago. It's not the shops fault normaly somthing is going adrift out there in cyberspace.

Thing is to a tecnofoab like me nothing on a computer is safe seem one computer wizard designs somthing and another instantly works out how to hack it!

[budfish]

Sorry to hear that you've been the victim to one of these scams

Internet fraud is the new organised crime it's totaly faceless and I'm sure the can pretty much be undetected

[cigbunt]

Originally Posted by Dudders

Think those site lists need editing mods not good to spread unfounded rumours.

tbh if it was me and i had a shop i wouldnt be happy..

there so many different way they can get your details... you might have a trojan virus..

Lee if i was you i would...

format all my pc's with a fresh install of os just to be sure (make sure the first thing you install is your antivirus)


if you have to use a card online use a credit card as you have added protection.

now that some one has used your details i would go to experian.com and buy your credit file.. by doing this you'll see the history of searches for credit see if there anything that looks odd.

i think you can set it up so that it'll alert you when there a change to your credit file... i'd monitor this for at least a few months...

[cigbunt]

oh and change all your passwords,

[Darren Boyle]

Reminder to all..... Paypal, is NOT the be all and end all to online security, far from it, it can be just as bad at times. Most shops sites that accept credit cards are far safer than you could imagine nowadays, as has been pointed out, its not the sites themselves (before everyone is scared off of buying from shops using their card for no reason) it is often virus's, hackers and such like to blame on most occasions...

[dodgydiy]

My account has been had three times, wh smith, tesco and directly from bank, fraud is not something you can avoid, all you can do is try and be careful

[pro4nut]

True enough Darren, people also often over look the old faithful of just going through bin bags for personal data. Name, address, date of birth and a bank account details are easily accidentally discarded.
Online shops are generally quite secure, the bigger problem is companies who will allow accounts to be created with the minimum of checks.

[Skye]

If you google this then the internet is full of horror stories concerning Wonga. It appears that when someone takes out a Wonga loan they give their card details but also they give alternative details of other people as a guarantor. The BIG problem is that the guarantor doesn't have to be present or even know about their details being used. When the person who took out the loan defaults on the repayments then Wonga take the money from the 'guarantor' automatically.

This is scandalous in my opinion, I can't believe that it is even legal! Some people have been taken for thousands and Wonga keep taking it until they have what is owed to them.

So someone has most likely stolen your identity then used you as a guarantor before makingoff with the cash.

[bodgit]

I opened an online account with natwest and downloaded
Trusteer- rapport
http://www.trusteer.com/download-trusteer-rapport
You can use it for any password you use on the internet for any site. Up to now no problems at all.

[racingdwarf]

Originally Posted by Skye

If you google this then the internet is full of horror stories concerning Wonga. It appears that when someone takes out a Wonga loan they give their card details but also they give alternative details of other people as a guarantor. The BIG problem is that the guarantor doesn't have to be present or even know about their details being used. When the person who took out the loan defaults on the repayments then Wonga take the money from the 'guarantor' automatically.

This is scandalous in my opinion, I can't believe that it is even legal! Some people have been taken for thousands and Wonga keep taking it until they have what is owed to them.

So someone has most likely stolen your identity then used you as a guarantor before makingoff with the cash.

Jesus, if thats fact, it's mind blowing thats it legal,mind blowing but sadly I would beleve it.....knew there was somthing dodgy about those to old girls and the frisky old boy on the TV