So once or twice now in the last couple of months I've gotten an SMS from the bank for some itunes purchases. I thought meh, must be some software I've got a subscription for that I forgot about, "I'll check it when I have a chance"
Monday morning I get another SMS, R999.99 for Apple... January is 4 months long, can't afford to lose a grand on some random subscription I don't even know.
I checked my subsriptions on apple, and surprise surprise - there's no purchases on my apple id.
So I called Apple now and they can confirm that my credit card has been used on 2 other apple id's. Total purchases of around R2k over the last month or two.
I have no other random purchases on my card, just apple purchases. So either whoever got my card details has just been using it on apple, or somehow this is an apple specific fraud.
Card has been blocked by Apple, and getting a refund. Now I need to go to the bank to block my card, but since internet banking is stupidly linked to your card - if you block your card you lose access to internet banking. So I'll maybe go in to the bank to get a card replacement and keep a close eye on my account until then.
What a pain
Monday morning I get another SMS, R999.99 for Apple... January is 4 months long, can't afford to lose a grand on some random subscription I don't even know.
I checked my subsriptions on apple, and surprise surprise - there's no purchases on my apple id.
So I called Apple now and they can confirm that my credit card has been used on 2 other apple id's. Total purchases of around R2k over the last month or two.
I have no other random purchases on my card, just apple purchases. So either whoever got my card details has just been using it on apple, or somehow this is an apple specific fraud.
Card has been blocked by Apple, and getting a refund. Now I need to go to the bank to block my card, but since internet banking is stupidly linked to your card - if you block your card you lose access to internet banking. So I'll maybe go in to the bank to get a card replacement and keep a close eye on my account until then.
What a pain
