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- Caiman, on 02/19/2008, -3/+95If I was going to defraud a credit card, I'd be doing something more interesting than subscribing to WoW.
- DarkNemesis618, on 02/19/2008, -1/+47It looks like all a Halifax customer would have to do would be to call Halifax and have it allowed for their account. Doesn't seem that big of a deal to me, slightly inconvenient but it at least beats the hassle of dealing with any possible fraud that might arise.
- yohnstoppable, on 02/19/2008, -2/+38It is the gold farmers who do it. They get people's credit card info, then buy copies of the game as well as accounts. This is because their accounts get consistently banned. I had my credit card number taken, and the ***** had purchased 2 copies of wow, 3 account subscriptions, and like 20 different $5 a month subscriptions to some other ***** mmo I had never heard of.
- mrloco, on 02/19/2008, -3/+39you gave a gold farmer your details.
EPIC FAIL - has2k1, on 02/19/2008, -5/+40This is nothing against WOW. It is a positive approach by the bank to protect its' customers.
- Shrubber, on 02/19/2008, -0/+21Then I would be an idiot for committing credit fraud just so that I could play a video game.
- dumpyhumpy, on 02/19/2008, -6/+22INACCURATE AND SENSATIONALIST:
They are not blocking subscriptions, they are blocking automatic payments due to high reports of fraud. You can still make payments with your bank account to WOW. I hate these stupid sensationalist titles. - TheDiceMan, on 02/19/2008, -7/+22I think i'll fence sit for a while - would I be more pissed if:
a) I was a loser and couldn't get online to play WoW
or
II) If Halifax weren't protecting/aware of my credit card details being recycled by some 13 year old basement dweller.
or
Trios) "There's no trucks in World of Warcraft"
I AM THE LAW GIVER! - inactive, on 02/19/2008, -0/+12Or you can buy prepaid cards, im pretty sure ive seen them around.
- yohnstoppable, on 02/19/2008, -0/+11Nope. In fact, I'm not really sure how they got my info, as I wasn't even playing wow at the time. That is why it was caught by my bank, cause they found it odd for me to out of nowhere buy a bunch of wow crap.
- iainc, on 02/19/2008, -3/+13Good on them. This happened to me and I don't even play WoW. I had ninety subscriptions pushed thru my account in 24 hours.
Could I get hold of Blizzard? Could I *****. They make themselves pretty hard to contact so I hope this burns them badly. - b0rg, on 02/19/2008, -0/+9Charging a small donation or on-line subscription is the safest way to "test" a stolen credit card before using it for a larger purchase. Sad but true, outfits like red cross and american cancer society have to deal with this a lot.
- rayraym0fucka, on 02/19/2008, -0/+9That would mean they would have to get up and go to the store. Who wants to do that?!
- wTheOnew, on 02/19/2008, -1/+9How come people don't understand the concept of a reply button?
- Roger, on 02/19/2008, -0/+8Happened to a friend of mine's credit card too.
Not as rare as you'd think/hope. - deadcrickets, on 02/19/2008, -0/+7Porn site?
- minoss, on 02/19/2008, -0/+6You can even make automatic payments, you just have to contact them in advance.
- localzuk, on 02/19/2008, -0/+6Huh? Halifax was started in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Nothing to do with Scotland. They were later bought out by the multinational company 'Bank of Scotland'. Nothing to do with Scotland or Canada...
- iainc, on 02/19/2008, -0/+6Sorry to burst your Internet bubble, but it's far from inaccurate. It happened to me. I applaud Halifax for doing this and I hope the other UK banks follow suit.
- RenJen42, on 02/19/2008, -1/+6because they are too busy getting thier cc info stolen??
- inactive, on 02/19/2008, -0/+5Halifax is in England. Both England and Scotland are part of the United Kingdom.
- nastajus, on 02/19/2008, -0/+5Stop presuming.
- SydneyHopper, on 02/19/2008, -0/+3Also, surely the Halifax is a subsidiary of the Bank of Scotland?
- merreborn, on 02/19/2008, -0/+3This is standard practice in the credit card industry. If your chargeback ratio is too high, they'll suspend your merchant account. Happens all the time.
- EarlOfLade, on 02/19/2008, -0/+3Eh, no you are not. You can live an excellent life without a single credit card. Stop spreading lies.
- deadcrickets, on 02/19/2008, -0/+3Actually it's happening in other games as well. Both EQ II and Runescape both announced the same issue with credit card fraud. What it stems from are all the morons buying third party game coinage online. Those third party companies then use the credit card to buy accounts, coinage and so forth. After a month or two they cancel the account. The real owner of the card comes forward saying they didn't authorize whatever charge was made so the game company (WoW, EQ II, Runescape) ends up with a chargeback. Solution? Quit using third party companies. You are causing issues for the gaming company AND for your own bank. Not to mention you are now a possible victim of identity theft.
- yohnstoppable, on 02/19/2008, -1/+3Just as an fyi, the gold farmers don't get their credit cards from those buying gold as a lot of people seem to think here. They obtain their credit card numbers from outside sources, who steal the info on other places (customers buying from untrusted retailers most likely). It would be stupid of them to take numbers from those buying from them, as it would easily expose them. Not to mention most of the wow trading sites use paypal anyway.
- Thathurts, on 02/19/2008, -1/+3Same thing happened to me! I don't know how it was done, but some freakin kid stole my card info and ordered CD Keys for WOW from the Canadian or European servers or something (this is what the tech people told me). It still boggles my mind how they got my info from Europe, damn kids these days are good.
- sonstone, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2I wonder if the fraud amount is really disproportionate to other types of automatic account subscriptions or if the shear number of accounts that WoW has naturally increases the number of fraud cases.
- demonstro, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2I guess it would have been wiser to at least type Halifax or Bank of Scotland into Google before commenting :)
- humboldt79, on 02/19/2008, -1/+3Just so long as they don't block access to the Auction House as well....
- mlvassallo, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2While not WoW, I had to call Bank of America Twice to get them to accept my auto payment to Turbine for Lord of the Rings Online because they said it looked like a fraudulent system was trying to access my account. That scared me a little.
- Aupajo, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2But how can you defraud that which has no life?
- kmckanna, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2Uhm, the grammar usage seems a bit odd in this article. Annoying.
- RedRummy, on 02/19/2008, -2/+4No it's not, it's a knee-jerk reaction of banning an entire stream of business transaction with a company because they can't protect their customers properly. It's not WoW's or the customers fault the cards are being scammed!
- dshPls, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2I live with no credit cards, only a single debit card. It's harder to gain credit rating, but my car bill, phone bill and other little things help take care of that.
- kevro, on 02/19/2008, -6/+8Visa 4417-3897-5643-9112 exp. 01/10 security # 484
name: Leroy jenkins - jasarien, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2What..?
- antdude, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2Doesn't it cost more due to taxes?
- yohnstoppable, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2I don't pay for porn, but I'm not really sure. I'm sure however they got my info was due to my stupidity in one way or another, so it doesn't really matter :(
- indyGuy, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2welcome to the internets
- DefaultGen, on 02/19/2008, -0/+14417 - 3897 - 5643 - 9112 = -14,235. I'm NOT the only one who googled it.
- iainc, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1Apparently my card was "swiped", probably in NZ at the time.
- allcdnboy, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1http://www.duggmirror.com/pc_games/British_bank_Ha ...
- nastajus, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1Ahh, but the lie made you read it.
- Typhoon2009, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Yes you are.
- jasarien, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Correct.
That article is VERY badly written. - fisherdr, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1You still spelled it wrong the first time, smart guy.
- wyrdness, on 02/19/2008, -2/+3Nearly every phishing email I receive is pretending to be from the Halifax bank, sometimes even several in one day. I wonder why the phishers are targeting the Halifax in particular. I've never even had a phishing email that claims to be from my actual bank.
- nastajus, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1We have those on the internet.
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