this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2023
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Everything was reported and changed, fairly quickly to our luck. Another charge was denied the next day.

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[–] Hope@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I believe sometimes bad actors will purchase goods from themselves using illegally obtained payment information and then actually send the goods to the victim to try to argue against the chargeback and/or make the victim think "hmm maybe I did order this..". Or they could be trying to make their devices less likely to trip fraud detection systems for a larger haul. Not sure how well this all works though. With more expensive things (phones, TVs, etc.) I'd think they're planning on swiping the package before you get it, but with coffee I'd be shocked if that was the plan.

[–] Coldgoron@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wild scam idea, must work x amount times. Too bad for them we drink zero coffee.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Donate to local homeless shelter or food bank.

[–] Coldgoron@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I would but these have become gifts this year because I couldn't afford them otherwise

[–] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is your address tied directly to the virtual card? If it is, terrible idea on the CC company's part. If it's not, how did they know it? I'd assume they have a lot more than just the virtual card info.

[–] Coldgoron@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To my knowledge its not, it was an apple card too which would be a mountain size leak for a large group. Im thinking it was most likely an online vendor for the moment.

[–] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Is the virtual card number single use? I've never used one before. If not, maybe another site it was used on just leaked it along with the shipping address. Edit: Oh, that's basically what you assumed. I tend to reply before I read more than one sentence :)