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Originally Posted by beej231
YES!! It was stored at Amazon and ONLY at Amazon. I haven't transmitted it in YEARS, maybe five or more.
I don't carry it with me. I never used it at Mcdonald's, I never use credit cards of any kind at a public network. I can't think of the last time I even used a public network. It is possible I haven't done that in years. The bank knows it was Amazon and eventually, after penetrating many layer of customer service and security--Amazon admits that it was Amazon. It just takes time to sort these things out. I don't suspect my devices at all. The KF is the only "device" I use except for my Mac. The numbers were stored at Amazon, not on the Kindle and weren't transmitted. It is highly unlikely that I have any suspicious software on the Mac. I know it is becoming more common but it remains unlikey. Good Lord, you folks wouldn't believe you were on fire if your shoes were burning and your a** was catching.
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beej,
Didn't mean to offend you. As you no doubt realize, questions like the ones raised above are legitimate in cases like yours. I suspect Amazon asked you the same questions.
It IS possible that the problem exists at Amazon. Although I don't recall any case of a large scale breach of security for Amazon's servers (and I'm sure it would have made national news if it has ever occurred), it is certainly possible that an individual Amazon employee may be the culprit.
I've had three similar experiences over the years though none of them involved Amazon and each was caught by my credit card company as a "suspicious" transaction. In each of those cases I'm not sure whether deliberate fraud or simply mistakenly entered credit card numbers were at fault. My most recent experience occurred only three months ago. Had to close the credit card number and have a new number issued to me. PITA but other than having to change a few numbers with merchants who draw automatically from my account periodically no long term problem.