Did Anyone else get a unknown charge of $106 from PRE-AUTH - APL*APPLE ITUNES STORE 866-712-7753 CAUS Today?

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I woke up and looked at my bank account and saw a charge for $106 fom apple. I was able to get it reversed somehow. But how did this happen?

iPhone 4S, iOS 5

Posted on Apr 18, 2012 1:02 PM

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Posted on Apr 18, 2012 2:34 PM

From reports I can find, that charge is a fake, being submitted fradulent to your credit card company from someone other than Apple. Such fakery has been going on for a couple of years. Call your credit card company and report the fraudulent charge.

Regards.

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Apr 19, 2012 7:11 AM in response to Izemann

Anyone with knowledge of how to submit a charge to your credit card company could have done it. Why $100? Because that's what the thieves decided.


And Apple can do nothing if the fradulent charges aren't coming through them, which if they aren't showing in your Purchase History probably aren't (in which case removing your card information from your iTunes Store account will do no good, since the thieves haven't cracked your iTunes Store account). It could just have easily been faked to be your grocery store, or Amazon, or any other merchant. The thieves probably chose the iTunes Store since 1) it's popular and 2) for many users the iTunes Store carries a lot of traffic and so additional charges may not be noticed.


Again, this is the problem of your credit card company to follow up on. They probably will need (and offer) to issue you a new card.


Regards.

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