Warning: Check your statements: Imaglobus.com 9.95 charge. Unkown company

Just caught it today. a 9.95 charge from Imaglobus.com appeared on the c.c. statment. still trying to find out where they got the card number from. Or who they really are. website says tey sell roylatiy free pictures. Whois shows site has been open only since august. google doesn't show alot on it.

dispute the charge and ask your issuer to change your card number (since the number has presumably been stolen)

yes we called in the card as lost, but its a local credit union c.c. so their dispute divison is closed until monday.

so a new card should show up soon.

its a small transcation, from who really knows what company. for all we know this card was stolen from tj max a year ago (since we shoped there) and finally got used as a test.

just wanted to give people a heads up because i've read some of the previous posts on FWF that were very similar in nature (small repeating costs)

It's so ridiculous how these companies can just start charging you for stuff and hope you don't catch it. It's always $9.95, for some reason, too. Where I tend to get this stuff is on my cell phone bill.

Something very similar happened to me a while back. My Chase was hit with random charges from a shipping company. Someone from Venezuela initiated the charges (around $20 or $10, but there were enough to add up to $180). When I called Chase, they directed me to the Fraud dept right away before even talking to me. It seems that the person who used my numbers got the expiration date wrong, and that's why I was directed to Fraud. I asked them "isn't the purpose of an expiration date so if someone gets it wrong, the charges are denied?" They didn't have a good answer to that one.

Long story short, charges reversed, card number changed.

Perhaps you signed up for something and forgot about it? Annual charges seem to point out to that possibility

fiveholetarget said: I had a similiar charge a year ago on my Citicard for a small amount. I disputed the charge and got my money back. I decided not to close the account number, since it was a small amount. However, a year later I got the same charge a second time from the unauthorized company. This time I closed the credit card account number. What nerve!

well when disputing the orignal 9.95 amount the csr found another funny.com charge that was pending. it was for like 3.95. dispute paper work is in the mail from the c.c. and new card will be issued since its obivous this number is out the wild.

How interesting. I got a charge on 11/05/07 for $9.87 from imaglobus.com :-/

Lizoness said: How interesting. I got a charge on 11/05/07 for $9.87 from imaglobus.com :-/

same here. called CC company. made an account just to post this. LOL!!!

i tried going to their web site. its no longer up. people seem to be looking for them.. (imaglobus.com)..i tied calling and all i got was a recording.. they want you to leave a message.. so then they find out that the charges went through, then what?? i just cancelled my card.. what a shame after having it for 20 years and never having this happen... . im not taking a chance.. i dont know how this happens.. but it looks like its not just me..

michal1980 said: yes we called in the card as lost, but its a local credit union c.c. so their dispute divison is closed until monday.

so a new card should show up soon.

its a small transcation, from who really knows what company. for all we know this card was stolen from tj max a year ago (since we shoped there) and finally got used as a test.

just wanted to give people a heads up because i've read some of the previous posts on FWF that were very similar in nature (small repeating costs)Hey michal1980, happened to see this thread and thought I might give you a heads up. I saw a 60 Minutes story the other night on CC #'s being stolen by way of poor wireless security by some places. TJ Maxx was the highlighted company. I don't know anything on Imaglobus but it sounds like TJ Maxx might be the problem and maybe somebody bought up some royalty-free illustrations and photos from Imaglobus with yours and others card numbers. It could be a test also, as you said.

It is pretty scary that these companies care so little for peoples information and are or were using WEP security after being warned about the vulnerabilities. There are other companies listed as using WEP as their wireless encryption and thieves were snatching CC info and other info by means of war driving. Some big names mentioned besides TJ Maxx were Home Depot(AKA-SSID "Orange"), Best Buy, and Staples.

Read page 2 of the 60 Minutes article linked to. The story then showed an FBI guy buying stolen CC #'s online to show how thieves sell them. Scary stuff.

Not sticking up for Imaglobus because I know nothing of them, but you mentioning TJ Maxx and seeing that story on 60 Minutes doesn't seem like a coincidence. A call to TJ Maxx may be a good idea to see if the location you went to had poor wireless security at the time, if you can get them to admit as much. Anyone else having similar strange charges might think about where they used the cards of theirs in question.

Hope you get this issue worked out and I hope my local BB and HD stores had WPA security at their stores or no weasel war driving. Ignorant companies caring little for their customers should be stood up against to deter this crap from continuing.

I also had a 9.87 charge that appeared today on my check card. I called my bank and am disputing the charges. They canceled my card and are issuing another. Pretty easy resolve, but there's something fishy about this company. I'm a pretty saavy internet shopper and don't get taken in by opt-in or "free" services. I don't do business with companies that try to pull this stuff. No idea how they got my cc number, but at least my bank is making it easy to solve.

Here's another fishy thing. Usually my cc charges show up as "pending" in my online acct for a few days. I check my online bank account every day. This one showed up overnight and never appeared as "pending". That's very odd.

An Update:

As part of my fighting the charge, I contacted Imaglobus through their website - the Contact Us page. I was issued a refund almost immediately from them.

Here's part of their email to me:

The reason you were charged is because an account has been created on
our web-site and was paid with this credit card. Since you did not make
and/or authorize this purchase, then apparently someone got a hold of
your credit card information.

I have contacted our accounting office and I confirm we have issued a
full refund, so the money should be back on your card within 5-7
business days (depends on your bank).

I have also passed a note to our security department asking them to
lock this account as well as asked them to find out more about
the user who used your card. I will get back with you as soon as I
receive any information from them.

The thing is, this is the only bad charge on my account, so I don't believe someone got my card information. Otherwise, there'd be more unexplained charges. My husband believes it's a case of automated cross selling, though I don't usually do business with companies like that. They also sent me a username and password that was used to sign up for it and the IP address it came from. So that'll help figure out what happened.

Jones..and others......it's a scam I just cancelled my card that imaglobus just charged 9.87 to. I also got a bullsh*t reply from imaglobus asking for my last 4 digits of my CC so they can fix it...HA...I'm not freakin stupid. So just to let you know it's bogus and call your CC company right away to get the charges off and your card cancelled.

There are links on the 60 Minutes page(lower left side) to related information regarding this story. This link is from there and it is an official statement from TJX(TJ Maxx) from Oct. 07. On this page there is mention of a class action settlement proposed for problems caused by them using inferior security and personal information getting stolen.

I'm surprised more aren't wondering how their info got in the hands of Imaglobus, and other places mentioned here, if they never actually gave them their information.

Never shopped any TJX stores, and out of any of the stores listed, the only one I have shopped was Staples, and I used my credit card there, not the DEBIT card that got abused. That is another reason I am confused. There must be another store not listed that doesn't have up to date encryption system. Going back to using cash is always another option!!

I, too, had the $9.87 charge on 12/17. In the past month, the only places I have used the card are the grocery store and National Geographic. Did anyone else who had the charge get in on the National Geographic deal? I think NG is a reputable company, but maybe they were the ones who cross-sold my account #.

p0g03, check your BoA statements to make sure they don't carry the charge over to the new account. They issued me a new account and card only to carry the $9.87 charge (which somehow went from 'pending' to 'completed' after my first call) to the new card and I had to call them two more times to get that taken care of. I even sent them URLs of this thread and others about imaglobus to be a bit proactive but the messages didn't seem to get to the right people. Personally, I am a bit irritated with BoA for dropping the ball on my first two calls about this issue.

I got the same charge from IMAGLOBUS.COM on my debit card as well. I had already cancelled my card and am having a new one sent, plus the charge was reversed before I came across this thread.

pfunk1410, Lizoness, jzjzjz, ffathead, jonesnco, Monroe9, Dove2, p0g03, IntrepidXJ, bobkat08242

It is really hard to believe what I see is true or not.
All these members are registered now and complaining.
All of them registered in Dec and this is their first post. I find some thing fishy.

Except the OP, is there any senior mem who got burnt?

It is too difficult to believe these similar post.
I doubt may be it is a scam to put a legit company down.

a web search also finds similar results. those who are bashing this site are new members joining the forum.
why would u bash? you can very well file a charge dispute and move on.

Great thread on DSL reports. Thanks for the hard work. I have not been hit but your investigation and reporting was an interesting read.

The thread is linked in an earlier post for others to see.