Recently, I demo'd quite a few ski's at Stowe's Demo Days (Dec 11-12). On December 19, over $1200 in fraudulent charges were made on the credit card I used gave to the vendors as a "deposit" for the skis I took out. The charges were not used to purchase goods online, rather my "card" (which is still in my posession) was used to purchase someone $500 giftcard to A&F, $500 gift card to Wet Seal, and $234.40 on misc sporting goods at Copelands Sports - all of the transactions were made at real stores in Las Vegas.
It is my suspicion that one of the vendors' employees who had access to these credit cards, copied down the card numbers, exp dates, CVV2 codes, etc. From here, either the info was sold, or the person took the info directly and created cloned cards, as this is just about the only way my "card" could have been used to purchase goods in real, physical stores.
If you attended the demo day at Stowe, or any demo day on the East Coast where you had to actually give your credit card to the person handing you the ski as a "deposit", I strongly urge that you check your credit card statements for signs of fraud immediately.
It is my suspicion that one of the vendors' employees who had access to these credit cards, copied down the card numbers, exp dates, CVV2 codes, etc. From here, either the info was sold, or the person took the info directly and created cloned cards, as this is just about the only way my "card" could have been used to purchase goods in real, physical stores.
If you attended the demo day at Stowe, or any demo day on the East Coast where you had to actually give your credit card to the person handing you the ski as a "deposit", I strongly urge that you check your credit card statements for signs of fraud immediately.
