Credit card fraud on preorder?

[Andrew W]

Hi All,

I used a credit card that I only use for Amazon for this preorder. Today I got a fraud alert from somebody trying to buy something at Best Buy.com. They could have guessed my number but the tesla order is the only other think I have used this CC for. Did anybody else get a fraud alert?

 

[wbrumfiel]

No but we had the CC I wanted to use for the deposit get closed for fraud and I didn't have the replacement in time. I don't think it would have mattered though as it was a Discover and I don't think Tesla was accepting Discover anyway.

 

[kort677]

how do you know that it wasn't stolen via amazon?

 

[melindav]

I've had charges show up on cards that had never been activated, let alone used! Credit card fraud no longer is just form a stolen number at the time the card is used.

 

[LaCostaRacer]

how do you know that it wasn't stolen via amazon?

Exactly- I would suspect Amazon more than Tesla. I have had a couple of frauds on my AMEX card and that number was used at Amazon and occurred long before 3/31/16 when I used the card for the M3 reservation. I have had about 4 defrauded card numbers in 4 four years so it's not a rare event for me.

 

[Andrew W]

I am certainly not saying it was from the pre-order. Just wanted to check if anybody else had a similar issue. Sounds like nobody else does so I think it is safe to say it was not the pre-order that caused it.

Well, back to waiting patiently and trying not to count the days.

 

[Jason Bourne]

If the card has an RFID chip in it, the card number can be stolen by someone just being in proximity to the card (for example, standing next to you/your wallet on the subway).