I caaled to my Bnak to report the thrift and my bank dont pay attention to my complaint.

Mine is only $3.05 but I have written a letter to the Office of Thrift Supervision, my states attorney general, and the fraud department of my bank evidencing the unauthorized charges.

My bank is National City, it was for $3.05 on 3-6-09, I usually check my statement on-line every two days and there it was I immediately called my bank because it was pending I had to call back in a couple days. I then checked on-line again and the charge was gone.

My bank is National City, it was for $3.05 on 3-6-09, I usually check my statement on-line every two days and there it was I immediately called my bank because it was pending I had to call back in a couple days. I then checked on-line again and the charge was gone.

My bank is National City, it was for $3.05 on 3-6-09, I usually check my statement on-line every two days and there it was I immediately called my bank because it was pending I had to call back in a couple days. I then checked on-line again and the charge was gone.

I work at a bank and see these charges all that time.  If it is in fact associated with the "Snuggie" then it's probably a legitimate authorization by the company.  While it makes no sense to do it, companies will often put through an "authorization hold" simply to ensure that you have the funds to complete the requested transaction (rental car companies, hotels and airlines are famous for this).  In all the instances I've seen, including the $3.05 "pending authorizations" for this "company", nothing unauthorized has posted as a result of this authorization, unless of course someone stole your card and used it fraudulently.  Simply keep an eye on your account and if anything unusual or completely out of the ordinary posts, then call your bank.  Pending is just that, not completed.

Same situation. I bought a snuggie on Christmas day and just got a charge for 3.05 on my account. I canceled my card. I called the 727-535-5131 and spoke to a lady that said it IS because of the snuggie's. The lady said the charge would be reversed within 24 hours. She could not tell me who the company is that charged my card BUT she did mention Snuggie! I am now calling them to throw a fit!! 1-800-663-8166 is snuggie's customer service number.

I got a phone call Saturday at home saying I would be getting a promotional gas credit from my bank and all I had to do was pay for the shipping of $3.05.  I finally got them to admit that I had to cancel the membership (don't remember what it was for) once I got it in the mail and that it wasn't from my bank it was from some kind of member services.  I SAID NO.  I DON'T WANT IT.  I checked my bank account today (Monday) to get my balance and guess what?  They charged my account for the $3.05.  I am going to take most of my money out of the bank tomorrow morning and ask them for a new debit card.  I hope that protects me and that I don't have to change my checking account Number too.

This number is associated with an unauthorized charge that was processesed to my checking account.  This is the only contact information I have for this charge...and I want to know who it is.

I DID NOT GET A CALL BUT $3.05 WAS CHARGED ILLEGALLY TO MY BANK ACCOUNT.

I too ordered a Snuggee in Dec. on this exact card. And of course have the same bullsh*t charge. I am getting ahold of my bank Mon. morning. Hopefully they'll get this right. And hopefully these low life scum get caught. If I ever catch them......

I also got the same charge through my paypal online account its using my paypal debit card with the 3.05 charge!

we got hit with the $3.05 charge last night ....how did they get our card# and how much can they hit my account for ?

No calls but found a atm for 3.05ust like everyone else  got the same answer from bank have to wait.  thats crap

I had the same issue as TJ and JT described above.  I used a credit card to purchase a Snugee online in December, a card that I rarely use.  For the next 2 months I received phone calls from a Michigan number claiming to  be a New York based marketing company advising that I qualified for Wal-Mart gift card.  Obviously, this was very questionable and I demanded they quit calling.  I reported this activity to my credit card company and the rep was familiar with the scam.  Yesterday I also received a pending $3.05 charge.  I reported it to the fraud department and closed my entire account.  Very bizarre.

I got a charge of $3.05 was charged to my bank debit card on 3-20-09 ; AAA PLAT7275355131 LARGO FL US.   Even though it is only $3.05, I'm poor!  I don't really like money being taken out of my account for something I didn't buy or ask for!

Charge of $3.05 on my account.....no call...just a charge with the number to show for the charge...did not authorize it...gonna try to get it removed from my bank....this is the 1st time it has occurred....

Maybe it is from Snuggees. I bought some of those in early January with this debit card and for weeks & weeks received calls from other telemarketers. That was last time I used card prior to this incident.

SAME THING. Debit card authorized for $3.05 yesterday from AAA PLAT7275355131 LARGO FL. Had to cancel debit card and now wait for a new one. What a scam! Something needs to be done to shut this operation down. Where are our bank/government regulators/authorities? Have not used this debit card in months except for last week on Half.com (Ebay). Information was already in profile; I did not reenter it when making purchases. Has to be a coincidence. Obviously their data is not secure. Bank says charge is still pending and unless something goes through, nothing can be done.

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The above notation appeared on my debit card account this morning for a $3.05 charge.  Like all of you, I did not authorize it.  I called the number.  A man's recorded message was there and he said he hacked into their answering system and was leaving a message because he too had been scammed.  It's hard to say if he is legit or if he's part of the scam.

I'm in Illinois and the only questionable transaction I can think of for me was the purchase of a Snuggee online.  It was questionable because for weeks thereafter, I received dozens of telephone calls from marketing companies trying to see me stuff.  I was very suspicious.  Has anyone done anything similar and had problems like this?

Me again, I'm still pissed about the 3.05 taking from my account.  I thought long and hard about it.  The only way this could have happened is by making an online transactions.  These scam artists must have some kind of trojan virus to get this info from people in different parts of the country.  Make sure you get an updated virus system to protect your computer and get it checked out immediately.  I bet all of can agree that we made an online transaction within the last week before we were hit?  I know I did, I bought an airline ticket online a week ago....hmmm

I just got hit tonight and I'm pissed.  I check my account balance online atleast once a day due to bulls@*& like this.  I'm going to call my card in as stolen and get a new one.  I'm afraid of getting hit again for more money.

This charge is still showing pending.  The bank is telling me that if I cancel my card before all of my pending transactions (purchases) post, they will be denied, which will make me look like a crook to all of the businesses I purchased from.  Has anyone been hit for a second amount - larger than the $3.05?

I had this 3.05 unauthorized charge on my account with wachovia bank.I also reported it to the attorney general in pa. Iam also going to change my account #. When they steel from your acc. they are among the low life. Thankyou

march 10..same thing happened to me..who are these crooks and take their money away from them!

I recieved a charge today. I called 866-491-3930 to inquire about the charge. They said they have a team in place reversing the charges because they received some billing information in error and that they should be credited back to the accounts within 24 for 48 hours. I will be monitoring my account to make sure it does get reversed but from my google search on AAA PLAT this looks like some sort of scam that has been going on for at least a few weeks. Try calling 866-491-3930. I had to call a few times before I could finally reach a live person but I am interested in seeing if anyone else receives the same B.S answer I did.

had a charge for 4.05 today 3/9/09 on my debit card for number 727-535-5131 I know the number is coming out of Pinellas County in florida and that is as far as i have gotten.

I got a charge on my account also for $3.05 it has been pending since 3-6-09 today is 3-9-09,I can't believe these crooks I wonder how they get our info,the thing is that is done by debit without authorization.

It is happening to me right now as I write 3-7-09 . Its still pending , actually it has been pending since the 6th . After it posts, I'll copy all your
messages above and let the bank know to Credit my account for the $3.05 !!

This is a huge nationwide fraud caused when someone hacked into a database for a big credit card processor -Heartland.  By federal law, your bank MUST refund unauthorized charges.  Tell them to issue a credit, freeze your debit card and issue you a new one!!  If they can report this to the bank where the perpetrators got credit, the sooner these crooks can be stopped!  The phone number is in Clearwater, FL. Appears this is how they find out if the debit or credit card is a valid number - authorize a small amount.  The big one may come later.  Or, if the thieves get $3.05 from a million people, they have made $3 million!  Let's stop them!