In Oct a Mac laptop was fraudulently purchased from Evine on my USAA credit card. USAA fixed that easily. When I saw the pending purchase I first called Evine. What a mistake, the assholes made a hard inquiry on my credit report. From now on I will only contact the CC issuer & the company can eat the loss!This message has been edited. Last edited by: Anush,
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January 04, 2019, 03:39 PM
Aeteocles
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Originally posted by Anush: In Oct a Mac laptop was fraudulently purchased from Evine on my USAA credit card. USAA fixed that easily. When I saw the pending purchase I first called Evine. What a mistake, the assholes made a hard inquiry on my credit report. From now on I will only contact the CC issuer & the company can eat the loss!
You can call Equifax and report the fraudulent hard credit pull. Should be easy peasy. The onus is on Evine to provide proof that you consented to the credit pull.
January 04, 2019, 05:29 PM
Rey HRH
I don't see the point of calling the retailer. It's not like they're just going to cancel the charge and call it all good.
But how could they do a hard inquiry unless they had your social security? You didn't give them your social security number, did you?
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January 04, 2019, 05:36 PM
220-9er
A credit freeze is the answer to these problems. Costs nothing and now very easy to do.
A credit freeze is the answer to these problems. Costs nothing and now very easy to do.
I did that in the past, then a couple of years later I was buying an auto & had forgot to take with me all the secret codes & passwords to allow a credit check. I suppose the fraudster had given my SS number to Evine.
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January 06, 2019, 07:25 AM
Anush
UpDate; after filing a fraud investigation with Equifax I received a notice "inquires are a factual record of access. If you have questions, contact the creditor". In other words "tough shit on you".
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January 06, 2019, 08:40 AM
El Cid 92
The presence of an inquiry is very low on the concerned list....
I still get amazed at how many "worship at the FICO Alter".
Aside from locking my credit...I wouldn't shed a minutes thought on this.
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January 07, 2019, 10:43 AM
1967Goat
I guess I am a little lost...what effect did the pull have on anything? I am not understanding.
January 07, 2019, 11:02 AM
Otto Pilot
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Originally posted by 1967Goat: I guess I am a little lost...what effect did the pull have on anything? I am not understanding.
Too many inquiries on ones credit can have an effect on your rating. One, probably not a big deal, but it still can be annoying.
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January 07, 2019, 02:14 PM
a1abdj
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UpDate; after filing a fraud investigation with Equifax I received a notice "inquires are a factual record of access. If you have questions, contact the creditor". In other words "tough shit on you".
Did you do that online?
You'll need to call and/or mail the dispute for this particular matter. You can remove unauthorized pulls from your report.
Generally a credit bureau inquiry will cost you a couple of points. I would hope you have points to spare. I have a number of credit cards that give me free access to my scores as does one of my banks. Mike
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