Add me to the list of credit card fraud victims!

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Posted: 5/15/08 at 6:05pm

I got a credit card statement yesterday from a credit card in which I have not charged anything to in MONTHS. It was for a $12.95 charge by Yahoo! for a website domain name.

I did a WHOIS search on the domain name and sure enough, it said that I was the owner and listed my name and address.

I called Yahoo! Billing and after waiting an hour, I finally got someone on the phone and we established that it was indeed credit card fraud and they apologized and refunded the fee to my account.

I then called my credit card company (Citibank) and was never put on hold and got someone immiediately. I told them that I already spoke with Yahoo! and that I needed to be reissued a new account number/card.

It was a quick and painless process, it could have been worse. But what I do not understand is HOW someone could have gotten my information! My credit card is in a desk drawer in my parents' home. There's no way anyone could have gotten it. And then how in the world would they know my address?

S-c-a-r-y!