From: Henry Brown (hbrownknology.net)
Date: Sun Jan 11 2009 - 14:44:41 CST

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 From the Boston Globe ...

http://tinyurl.com/7r6zom

or drill down from http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/

Mysterious credit card charge may have hit millions of users

Several Internet complaint boards are filled with comments from credit
card customers from coast to coast who have noticed a mysterious charge
for about 25 cents on their statements.
 
The charge shows up on statements as coming from "Adele Services" in
Melville, N.Y. There is no business by that name listed in Melville, or
registered to any business anywhere in New York, for that matter.

Two theories of what is going on have advanced on message boards and
among consumer advocates: Someone is trying to find out whether an
illegally obtained credit card number will work before making a bigger
charge, or they're trying to rip off tiny amounts from tons of people.

The latter theory has more credibility at the moment. The Better
Business Bureau in Louisville reports that, at least so far, those who
have been hit with the small charge have yet to get slammed with a
bigger charge. The bureau speculates that the number of possible victims
could be in the millions.

It's not clear how the numbers got in the hands of the people making the
charge, but consumer advocates say it is most likely through either a
data theft or someone using a computer to generate numbers.

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