LuckyMcSwervy 0 #1 January 16, 2014 Just wondering if anyone here got hit by the people who stole Target's customers information? Just got a lovely little email from Target that my information was compromised. Totally messing up my well planned day. I didn't hear from them during the first round of breaches and I've been keeping an eye on my accounts by doing the usual password changes, modifying security questions, making sure my account alerts were current and added a couple of more spending limits where I need to be personally contacted before an approval goes through. Now I have to do a few pain in the ass phone calls with credit card companies. I already have the credit monitoring service they're offering for free. Oh well. Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 622 #2 January 16, 2014 Interesting. I labeled that email as spam. I wasn't at Target during that period of time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #3 January 16, 2014 Yeah... I'd double check the email's header to make sure it was legit.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phillbo 11 #4 January 16, 2014 How did Target get your email? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #5 January 16, 2014 Could be legit. If you have an account with them (either card, or online, or frequent shopper), there's a good chance they would have it. I'd still check the email carefully before clicking anything in it.Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 622 #6 January 16, 2014 I always trust bfi0.com with my personal info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boogers 0 #7 January 16, 2014 Yep, could actually be a phishing scam, to take advantage of people concerned about their Target shopping, to actually dupe them into giving away their passwords through a phony correction scheme. Don't fall for it... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #8 January 16, 2014 normiss Interesting. I labeled that email as spam. I wasn't at Target during that period of time. Apparently, there's some spam emails going around but I received the real deal, unfortunately. Target verified the validity when I called the number on the back of an old credit card. Their verified Facebook page and the Target website addresses some of the spam emails. I have a f'ing headache from my bank. I have to go into the branch before they'll mail me a new card. Not happy since they know me and have been dealing with my family forever. The branch manager even recognized my voice when I called. Whatever. I should just be thankful I hadn't left my house and was on the road when I got the email because I would've stressed until Tuesday. Grrr... Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 622 #9 January 16, 2014 Safe site, poor practice to use this method ANOTHER poor practice of using data/information with your customers. You'd think they had learned something over the past few weeks. No. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #10 January 16, 2014 RemsterCould be legit. If you have an account with them (either card, or online, or frequent shopper), there's a good chance they would have it. I'd still check the email carefully before clicking anything in it. ^This.Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #11 January 16, 2014 normiss Safe site, poor practice to use this method ANOTHER poor practice of using data/information with your customers. You'd think they had learned something over the past few weeks. No. I told the chick on the phone at Target the email looked sketchy and there was some security concerns (as you mentioned before about the BF in the address). The braintrust on the other line had no idea what I was talking about. Whatever. Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 622 #12 January 16, 2014 Their total ignorance is what I'm having trouble with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuckyMcSwervy 0 #13 January 16, 2014 I can promise I'll only pay cash in there again. It's a shame. The Target around here is pretty nice compared to the Piney redneck WalMart that's in my town.Always be kinder than you feel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kcjen24 0 #14 January 16, 2014 Target did send me notification early on that my information MAY have been compromised. Was keeping an eye on my accounts when my bank notified me that both my credit card and debit card had been compromised. I've gotten replacements for both. Got the "we're so sorry" email yesterday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #15 January 16, 2014 normiss Their total ignorance is what I'm having trouble with. That's because you have unrealistic expectationsAround the same time we got a letter from city bank explaining why they couldn't issue the credit card I requested because they needed a physical address besides my PO box. I never applied for that card, all my mail goes to my PO box. I notified them immediately and all the credit reporting agencies. When I open any new accounts we have to give them a physical address but caution them not to send mail to that address because stealing mail here is a cottage industry. No unrealistic expectations here. Credit card was delivered to our physical address. We didn't activate our card, called the CC company they made a minor error and wouldn't activate the card until the error. Of course the nice person said it was done, and I could use the card immediately and when I got my first statement at the PO box. I told them I wouldn't activate the card until I received confirmation in the mail at my PO box first.We don't shred our mail we burn it. Once you put your trash at the curb anyone can take it just like the cops. We dispose of 20lbs of dog poop in our trash with our food scraps. Keep you head on a swivel folks, I found out about the trash can situation by reading the weekly paper. Dude takes his trash to the curb, before he gets into the door a car pulls up pops the trunk empty's the can and drives off. The dude calls the sheriff with the license number, sheriff response "to bad so sad" once it hits the curb anyone can pick it up. Our trash can was stolen once we found it a mile down the road but no dog poop, just food scraps all over the road. I think when they hit the dog shit they gave up.R. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 622 #16 January 16, 2014 The only singular expectation I have to to protect my perfect credit. It's kind of important. The hoops we as consumers have to jump through when someone else screws it up is simply wrong IMO. It should be the exact opposite! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Southern_Man 0 #17 January 16, 2014 I got the email offering the free credit monitoring service. I did not use target at all during the period of the breach and I am at best an infrequent shopper there. I have no idea how they got my email."What if there were no hypothetical questions?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boogers 0 #18 January 16, 2014 Southern_ManI got the email offering the free credit monitoring service. I did not use target at all during the period of the breach and I am at best an infrequent shopper there. I have no idea how they got my email. They're probably just spam-blasting those e-mails to everyone, knowing that some percentage of everyone will actually fulfill the criteria of being a Target shopper. And those folks will think of the spam as their saving grace... I get this kind of crap all the time, with notices about "my FedEx package", and so on. They're just trying to spark your curiousity to get you to open their attachment or give them private info. And they're playing the odds that some folks will take the message personally and seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #19 January 16, 2014 I don't know if my info was compromised, but my bank sent me a new cc mid-cycle. No explanatory note with it. This was the card I used when I shopped there once during the time period they say was affected. It makes me wonder if they did that with every one of their customers who shopped there recently. If I was the cc company, that's what I would do. Seems an easier way of dealing with any potential fraud on these accounts--being proactive, that is.lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NovaTTT 1 #20 January 16, 2014 I don't know if we were hit, but we both shopped at Target (with 3 separate cards!) during the breach period. Bit the bullet straightaway and had new cards issued. PITA, but it was better than having an ID theft, which Laura had about a year ago. Don't want to go through that again."Even in a world where perfection is unattainable, there's still a difference between excellence and mediocrity." Gary73 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #21 January 17, 2014 oldwomanc6I don't know if my info was compromised, but my bank sent me a new cc mid-cycle. No explanatory note with it. This was the card I used when I shopped there once during the time period they say was affected. It makes me wonder if they did that with every one of their customers who shopped there recently. If I was the cc company, that's what I would do. Seems an easier way of dealing with any potential fraud on these accounts--being proactive, that is. I used a debit card at Target once during the affected period. My bank sent a letter a couple of weeks ago assuring me that I would not be responsible for any fraudulent activity that might occur and that they were going to replace my card. I received the new card (with a new acct. number) a few days ago. I thought that was pretty quick reaction considering the number of cards that were potentially compromised. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
promise5 17 #22 January 17, 2014 My one bank notified me that they were issuing me a new card because my card was compromised with Target.No matter how slowly you say oranges it never sounds like gullible. Believe me I tried. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingRhenquest 1 #23 January 17, 2014 Never click any links in E-Mail. If you get a thing you think is from your bank, close your web browser, open a new one and navigate to your bank's web site. I have a link to them on my toolbar so I don't accidentally mistype it. I didn't get hit by it due to two policies; I don't shop at Target, and I don't shop on black friday I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pBASEtobe 0 #24 January 17, 2014 Two words for you all, "Credit Freeze". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 622 #25 January 18, 2014 That's so cute. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
