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Post by **Varmint** » 01:06 pm Sep 10 2010

Just noticed my "for dirt bike use" credit card was used over in the UK fraudulently. About a dozen guys on our local dirt bike forum were also hacked. The common denominator seems to be RockyMountainATVMC.com although it has not been confirmed.

Check your cards immediately. The f!@kers use the card until it is maxed out!

DirtBikeDad · Post by **DirtBikeDad** » 04:43 pm Sep 10 2010

I had a buddy send me a text yesterday that he had the same thing happen with purchases at Bike Bandit. Purchases were made in NYC and the fraudulent transaction was confirmed by his CC company who is now investigating.

skythrasher · Post by **skythrasher** » 05:03 pm Sep 10 2010

About six months ago I got hit for about $200 in bogus internet charges after a purchase from Rocky Mountain. Luckily the bank took care of it and I was not out any money. THe bank even called me a let me know about it, cause their computer flagged it. I called Rocky Mountain and they said the were not aware of any hacking. Go figure.

heckler · Post by **heckler** » 05:03 pm Sep 10 2010

thanks for the warning. both my cards checked out OK.

Griffbones · Post by **Griffbones** » 08:19 pm Sep 10 2010

Holy smokes this explains a lot! Recently my credit card company called me, they felt that I had received some fraudulent charges by someone in Europe. I confirmed that I had not made any purchases in Europe and they promptly canceled my card and sent me a new card with a new number. I thought this was really strange, but now hearing this I can recall that I had just purchased some parts from Bike Bandit shortly before this happened!
Are all of the dirt bike vendors getting hit? I do a lot of business with Motosport, makes me wonder if they will get hit next!

Thank you for the heads up.

Post by **Indawoods** » 08:30 pm Sep 10 2010

Inside job....

Now... does everyone think that new series OUTSOURCED is funny?

99% of the credit card fraud is commited by foreign sources....

Griffbones · Post by **Griffbones** » 08:39 pm Sep 10 2010

I just called Motosport.com, they have had no problems that they are aware of at this point. I was talking to their administrative office, and they seemed to be interested and truly glad that I alerted them with a heads up. This kind of customer service is why I do business with them to start with!

I would strongly encourage anyone hit due to Bike Bandit or Rocky Mountain ATV to give them a call, lets face it if they get enough calls they are going to realize they have a true problem. I am quite sure they have confidence in their systems, and will only believe a problem exists after receiving numerous calls or if the credit card companies contact them with some data!

TWMOODY · Post by **TWMOODY** » 11:09 pm Sep 10 2010

I had that happen on a card I used at BIKE BANDIT only last year.
That's the only company the card had ever been use at so I am
certain the fraud came from their handling.
I bought airline tickets from KLM in the Netherlands......

Now the ONLY charge card use on line is a Virtual account number that I generate and it can be used one time only.........

F____er's

chopper_guy · Post by **chopper_guy** » 07:08 am Sep 11 2010

same for me. Fraudulent charges/attempts started showing last Saturday, call from the credit card company on Monday. Had no idea the source until now. Thanks for the posting.

Post by **Varmint** » 09:12 am Sep 11 2010

Wow! It's more prevalent than I thought.

And Inda, I'm with you; inside job. Think about it... You're a 20 something kid with access to CC information and someone offers you $10k for a list. I think many would bite.

HRDROKN · Post by **HRDROKN** » 04:37 pm Sep 11 2010

Thanks for the heads up.... I do quite a bit of purchasing from all sources mentioned!

David_L6 · Post by **David_L6** » 05:18 pm Sep 11 2010

My son's friend had that happen a little over a week ago. I wonder if using Paypal to pay for online purchases would help?

OLHILLBILLY · Post by **OLHILLBILLY** » 07:15 pm Sep 11 2010

I do all my purchases from the little shop up the road from my house.
Nobody that buys stuff from them has had ANY trouble.
I get internet prices, minus shipping, and no BS.. or card hack problems.
Buy local.

kawagumby · Post by **kawagumby** » 11:39 pm Sep 12 2010

Jeez, we just had the same thing happen to us. I used our card for purchases from both rocky mountain atv and motorcycle superstore.

Post by **Indawoods** » 11:41 pm Sep 12 2010

They are all probably using the same clearinghouse...

Post by **Julien D** » 06:18 am Sep 13 2010

OLHILLBILLY wrote:I do all my purchases from the little shop up the road from my house.
Nobody that buys stuff from them has had ANY trouble.
I get internet prices, minus shipping, and no BS.. or card hack problems.
Buy local.

If you can get internet prices at a local shop, then go for it. We have one shop, you will pay at least 30% more there than online. I do have a buddy with a small shop who gets me most the stuff I need at cost, so I get a bunch of my stuff through him if I manage to get out to his place when I need to.

kawagumby · Post by **kawagumby** » 09:40 am Sep 13 2010

Indawoods wrote:They are all probably using the same clearinghouse...

the charges included:

womens' cheap jewelry
walmart.com - for music cd's
a muslim charity
netflix

LOL, these are small-timers IMO... and dumb to boot. I think they're just the people who work for the card companies/ or merchants for peanuts, and every so often one of them gets the idea they can skim a little and not get caught.
I use a 500 dollar max card for most of my internet stuff and it gets noticed real fast when it goes over limit.

This is the fourth time it's happened to us, and it has always followed motorcycle gear purchases (among other vendors), so I have to wonder if it is a motorcycle merchants' "in house" problem. It is frustrating. I once asked the credit card people if they go after the crooks, and I was told "no". That was a couple of years ago tho'

TWMOODY · Post by **TWMOODY** » 10:20 pm Sep 13 2010

The merchant ends up losing when the CC company charge them back.
Then we all pay more when we buy ****.......

gregp · Post by **gregp** » 08:50 am Sep 14 2010

I am also a member of the forum that the OP mentioned, and I was hit twice! Each time, my card company had no issues crediting my account, but it is a total PITA! I have had new cards issued twice in 6 months.
Some say that they culprits will make small charges, often to charities, to validate the account info., then, if it all goes OK, hit it for big purchases.
RMATV is aware of the problem, but has not been able to find the problem.
I am not so sure that the problem lies with their system. The last time my card was hacked, the only purchase I made was with PayPal... so, IMO, even using a secure 3rd party, protection can not be guaranteed.
I would use my local shop, but again, prices are way over internet deals by 30-50%.

kawagumby · Post by **kawagumby** » 11:44 am Sep 14 2010

I now use RMATV's "Bill Me Later" option rather than a credit card. That process uses no credit cards and you are billed via snail mail a typical billing invoice (you can also auto pay thru a checking account). The interest rates and late fees are similar to credit cards, but you don't have to put that account number out there for hackers to grab. BTW, Bill Me Later is accepted by a number of vendors. So far, I'm very pleased with the setup.

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