[UntilTheNDofTimE]

Rarely post up with sportsbooks but last month i deposited into bovada to play some poker. Deposited $500 using a CC i very rarely ever use. Used it like once in past 4 months. After i deposited to bovada i have $380 dollars worth or fraudulent charges on this card. Must be from one of bovadas processors.

Hope bank will charge off these transactions. They were made 2/4 2/18 2/21 2/22 and 2/23 and id barely reporting them now. I rarely use this card so i never look at the statement until i get it in the mail.

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

wow i must be tired, i spelled fraud wrong twice

[Fang-Banger]

Don't worry they'll reverse the charges

[str]

They will take them off with no problem as long as they are not yours.

They are making so much money, they could care less.

Won't even try and pursue the crooks.

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

Does this happen frequently to ppl who deposit with CC. This happened to me about 4 years ago with Oddsmaker

[zam77]

Same book... same reason for deposit... same result for me. $400 fraud charge. I filed a dispute and it was resolved within a week. My CC company sent me a new card with a new account number immediately closing old acct. number. Will not deposit with cc to bovada or any other book for that matter again.

[EaglesPhan36]

Never had any problems with Bovada and deposit. Unfortunately, this can happen anywhere you purchase with a CC if you have dishonest people. I had a couple hundred bucks rung up in charges on my card after I used it to pay for a hotel last year. Guessing it was one of the employees at the hotel, but all charges removed.

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

Same book... same reason for deposit... same result for me. $400 fraud charge. I filed a dispute and it was resolved within a week. My CC company sent me a new card with a new account number immediately closing old acct. number. Will not deposit with cc to bovada or any other book for that matter again.

Maybe sbr should investigate this.

[Mr KLC]

Never had any problems with Bovada and deposit. Unfortunately, this can happen anywhere you purchase with a CC if you have dishonest people. I had a couple hundred bucks rung up in charges on my card after I used it to pay for a hotel last year. Guessing it was one of the employees at the hotel, but all charges removed.

That's why I check my accounts everyday. My wife thinks I'm a little paranoid, but you can never be too careful. I even got Lifelock because I'm worried about any accounts being taken in my name.

[SlickRick1382]

Never had any problems with Bovada and deposit. Unfortunately, this can happen anywhere you purchase with a CC if you have dishonest people. I had a couple hundred bucks rung up in charges on my card after I used it to pay for a hotel last year. Guessing it was one of the employees at the hotel, but all charges removed.

I deposited when it was Bodog also and never had any problems

[CynMarie]

I've never dep money with a book yet, but I have had CC charges on my card and my bank called me to make sure it was me because I rarely used my card. And when I did it was generally for gas so they knew something was up. A week later I got a new card and new acct in the mail and low and behold a friend was the one who did it. She stole my military id (i'm a dependent) and wrote my cc# info down. I swear some people are just trif. But this happened years ago when ss# were posted on id cards unlike today.

[shari91]

I would talk to Bovada about it. Like EP, I've had random charges come up that were traced back to a waiter at a restaurant I ate at months before. It's often hard to track down the scammers but I think they'd still like to know either way. I know it's a bit stressful but your bank will sort it out for you. That's why we pay crazy interest and fees

ETA - I'd also look into the place you used it last, "the once in 4mths". In my case, that's exactly what happened to me. Scammers waited for awhile to try to jam me... I guess to try to make it look less obvious?

[Smoke]

I would talk to Bovada about it. Like EP, I've had random charges come up that were traced back to a waiter at a restaurant I ate at months before. It's often hard to track down the scammers but I think they'd still like to know either way. I know it's a bit stressful but your bank will sort it out for you. That's why we pay crazy interest and fees ETA - I'd also look into the place you used it last, "the once in 4mths". In my case, that's exactly what happened to me. Scammers waited for awhile to try to jam me... I guess to try to make it look less obvious?

why would a waiter do that to you shari? Was you rude to him? Did you tip small?

[shari91]

why would a waiter do that to you shari? Was you rude to him? Did you tip small?

haha nah... you don't even tip in Australia (servers make a great wage) unless you get extremely exceptional service. Tipping's definitely a N. American thing. I actually had made a thread about it on here almost 2 years ago because I was shitting myself. Worst feeling when you've been robbed like that because you almost feel like the criminal - you have to prove you're not pulling a dodgy on the CC company yourself. The only thing that sped up my process was that he tried to do like 15 credit checks on people through those sites where you pay like $20 a pop or whatever so they believed I'd have no need to do that.

[sickler]

I was the victim of a card skimmer (DC) and ever since then I've rarely used plastic. The bank put the money back in my account but I had to meet the head of the fraud department. They wouldn't issue me a new card without that face-to-face.

Had lots of fraudulent CC charges, song and dance calling bank to dispute.

I pay cash whenever possible. I'm not that guy who pulls out plastic for everything

[SBR Lou]

Rarely post up with sportsbooks but last month i deposited into bovada to play some poker. Deposited $500 using a CC i very rarely ever use. Used it like once in past 4 months. After i deposited to bovada i have $380 dollars worth or fraudulent charges on this card. Must be from one of bovadas processors. Hope bank will charge off these transactions. They were made 2/4 2/18 2/21 2/22 and 2/23 and id barely reporting them now. I rarely use this card so i never look at the statement until i get it in the mail.

Until,

Was the processor name the same as what appeared when you deposited previously? If not, sounds like any prior activity on the card is just as likely. It sounds like you're pursuing this one with your bank in any case.

[crustyme]

********** kerry thinks everything is a fraudulent charge when he loses his bets.

[shari91]

I was the victim of a card skimmer (DC) and ever since then I've rarely used plastic. The bank put the money back in my account but I had to meet the head of the fraud department. They wouldn't issue me a new card without that face-to-face.

Had lots of fraudulent CC charges, song and dance calling bank to dispute.

I pay cash whenever possible. I'm not that guy who pulls out plastic for everything

Mine was because the guy had one of those scanners shoved down his pants or whatever... he took my card to go process the bill, and of course I didn't watch him the whole time. Turns out he scanned it once in the restaurant machine and then again in some trappy scanner swipey thing of his own. And now places here have that "touch and go" or whatever where you don't sign, you don't enter a PIN or anything. Just place the card on a machine so if anyone grabs your card, they can wipe you out. F that. Too much hassle to prove you're innocent and scammers are too smart now. They'll wait and wait and then try to sneak charges long after they think you can link it to them. Quite scary actually.

[sickler]

Mine was because the guy had one of those scanners shoved down his pants or whatever... he took my card to go process the bill, and of course I didn't watch him the whole time. Turns out he scanned it once in the restaurant machine and then again in some trappy scanner swipey thing of his own. And now places here have that "touch and go" or whatever where you don't sign, you don't enter a PIN or anything. Just place the card on a machine so if anyone grabs your card, they can wipe you out. F that. Too much hassle to prove you're innocent and scammers are too smart now. They'll wait and wait and then try to sneak charges long after they think you can link it to them. Quite scary actually.

Yeah lots of scamming using plastic. I'm so cynical and jaded that I won't even use a DC to pay at the pump at the gas station, the alternative is waiting in line to pay cash. Old school here, cash for almost everything. New tv, cash. New computer, cash.

What bothered me the most at the meeting with the head of the fraud dept was I was treated as a suspect. I didn't appreciate the line of questioning.

[shari91]

Yeah lots of scamming using plastic. I'm so cynical and jaded that I won't even use a DC to pay at the pump at the gas station, the alternative is waiting in line to pay cash. Old school here, cash for almost everything. New tv, cash. New computer, cash.

What bothered me the most at the meeting with the head of the fraud dept was I was treated as a suspect. I didn't appreciate the line of questioning.

That's what I mean - you're almost the criminal until you can prove your innocence. Shows you how many dodgy people try to claim fraud out there. If it wasn't for my guy being a dipshit and trying to slam through multiple transactions in a short period of time, it would've been much worse I'm sure. And that's why I advised UTEOT to look at his activity for awhile back... scammers are getting smart. They know if they nail you right away it's easily traced. Not so easy to do it if they wait awhile. Their only risk is that you for some reason close the cc account in the meantime. Cash is the way to go. At least for me.

[darkhat]

That's why i try to NEVER use a CC or DC for anything. The few times I do I always get fuked like this.

[BIGDAY]

Happened to me last summer. Luckily I haven't had to post up since.

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

Until,

Was the processor name the same as what appeared when you deposited previously? If not, sounds like any prior activity on the card is just as likely. It sounds like you're pursuing this one with your bank in any case.

The processor wasnt the same but the names were somewhat similiar. Bovada was very dodgy when i asked if they could verify if it was a processor theyve used before. Ive made many sportsbook deposits in the past and these processor names have the same similarity to those. In any case i'll report it to my bank and they handle it but its more the underlining cause that concerns me.