Today I noticed a withdrawal from my checking account for $0.25 from Adele
Services.  I telephoned the number (800-764-8104).  A recording ssid the telephone number is not in service.  I immediately cancelled my card.

Hey any word on this problem....did the FBI get a hold of this so called Thomas Philip.....any word?

My bank caught this scam and locked my card without even telling me it was locked.  Oh well
I told them that anything in states other than a certain few New England states and Atlantic Canada to deny charges  They are a small personal bank and are very good and have very good security.

Such a pain to change cards as I have to wait 10 days to get a card and I use this card every day.

kmath

We are investigating this. If you happen to live in Central Florida, please call us at 407-822-8358.

Had .26 charge for Adele Services at this number posted on 11/20 on my CC.  Called my bank and they were already aware of the scam.  Canceled by card, evidently they are randomly hitting cards using routing numbers and codes in numerical order to see if they get hits.  I caught mine the date it appeared, so only got hit for .26.  It's a shame that we do not have stiffer penalties for this type of criminal activity.

Have been hit but the Adele Services nightmare as well.  My .23 cent charge on 11/20/08 is turning into a long ordeal.  I shopped on Amazon and NBCStore  -- these are the only two places I used this card online.

If any of you used the NBCStore (Right now it looks like Amazon is the common denominator for this now, please do post.

i had .22 taken from my account. i called my bank and cancelled my card and now im stuck waiting for the new one. everyone be careful. ive had my identity stolen already and im still fighting to prove that im me. i bank is checking it out.

Yup, got a $.26 charge on my credit card. Called Credit Union, was told call 800#-not in service-called Credit Union back, they cancelled card and reissued. Pain in the neck, 2nd time this year, but necessary. When I heard "pet supplies" only thing I could connect with is using that card at Petsmart earlier in the month. May be just coincidence!

Correction....my charge was taken out on the 20th....it IS a clever scam! I know everyone is trying to figure out some correlation between their cards. I haven't used my card in a long time. I'm going to bet that the THEIF is randomly pulling routing number & bank accounts & getting lucky. I, too, don't owe any collection agancy, nor do I answer calls from solicitors.
Are there any lawyers out there? Can't we get more than punitive damages in a class action lawsuit? I am willing to start one over .25 to cream this creep, if y'all are with me! :)

I had .25 taken from my account today....I am reporting it to my bank in the morning. I will post back when I find any tracking information! I have not bought anything on line recently (which is unusual). The only thing out of the ordinary that I have done recently is go to the Bahamas, and THIS account wasn't used, it was all through the credit card & our joint account! I'll figure it out!

Canceling your credit card or debit card may not be the answer. Check this. I haven't used my checking account to buy anything in 3 months and I decided to check on it today. Low and behold guess what I saw? A charge from Adele Services for .26 cents from a check card that had been canceled in May of 2007 pushed through to a brand new account that I got in December 2007. Now that is serious. They got my account charged with a canceled card that was never. I repeat never connected to that account!

I have not gotten any phone calls asking me to verify my name.

Mine was a visa CC for .21 cents fram Adele 1-800-764-8104/2. Is it only VISA cards that this is happening to?

I called my bank and they said they had several calls about this number and charge.  Apparently, it is something PayPal related that gets charged to your account after the tranaction without them letting you know.  YES this is a FRAUD CHARGE!  Bank recommended I cancel the card and get a new one...so I did.

Same here used my card at petco recently. I was charged .21 on 11-21
ADELE SERVICES 800-764-8104 this was the number on my statement.

Not aware of any calls. I too was charged .21 cents on a CC. I called Merrill Lynch and got the charge dropped and will receive a new CC. I wonder if we all have made purchases on Amazon?

An unauthorized charge of $0.22 appeared on my debit card today. I'm concerned that "Adele Services" of NY will make another, but larger fraudulant charge later. Their phone number is not in service (not surprising).

I did a USSEARCH on the name of the person the adeleservices.com domain is registered too and got this information.

I did ussearch on the name of the person that the Adeleservices.com domain is reg too and I got this info. Wonder if it's the same Person.

Below are the results of your completed search. If you have any questions regarding your search, click here or email us.


PHILIP J THOMAS
7 4 RET CCC AEX
MELVILLE, NY 11747

and

PHILIP J THOMAS
RET CCC 7 4 90 AEX
MELVILLE, NY 11747

Some research for this name has lead me to many, many sites designed to give your computer the antivirus2009 virus.
DO NOT click on a link that has '.awardspace.com' in the name as they are just some of the fake sites.

I contributed to the Obama campaign online and I was wondering if they got my card number when I contributed money.  I can't figure it out.  I cancelled my card.

I just found this information

ADELE SERVICES
68 South Service
Melville, NY 11747
US

Domain name: ADELESERVICES.COM


Administrative Contact:
THOMAS, PHILIP
68 South Service
Melville, NY 11747
US
+1.8005789641
Technical Contact:
THOMAS, PHILIP
68 South Service
Melville, NY 11747
US
+1.8005789641

It seems to be mostly Checkcards, and some credit cards that are getting this 20something cent charge. I was hit too on my VISA checkcard. I called bank had them cancel my card and issue a new number.

I wonder though, is it just VISA Cards?  Cause I seem to recall some time back a news thing saying that the VISA data base was hacked but they don't think the numbers were access....now lets say the numbers WERE access, and the people that got them sat on them for a year or so and waited. Well, since Most creditcards reissue new cards about every year or so, then those would not be any good anymore, CheckCards however are good for several years which would make since, why it's mostly check cards and could be from back when the VISA data base was hacked.

Was it VISA that there charges are on for everyone or is it Mastercard too?  I bet it's just VISA CC's and VISA Checkcards.

11/21/08  a charge of $.25 appeared on my debit card account.  Stated it was for Adele Services 1-800-764-8104.
The Merchant Category reads Pet Shop- Pet Food.
I too called the # and the number is out of service.  I called my bank and had to put a stop on my debit card and have a new one issued.
How does this happen?  Scary!

I don't think this is related to Petco in any way.  My card had a charge from this "Adele Services" but I have never purchased anything on this card from Petco.

Someone else has suggested it could be related to florists, but I haven't purchased any flowers on this card, either.

I suspect if there is a security breach behind this, it would come from a smaller merchant - I did buy some home improvement supplies from a small online retailer a while back - anyone else?

i had .26 cents taken out of my account too 11/21/2008

I also got hit $0.22 same phone # and company. # is out of service and am having to cancel my debit card and get new ones. What a pain in the butt.

Got charged on my account - call bank ASAP.  What a pain for card cancellation.  How do they get these credit card numbers?  I never answer my cell unless I know the person.

Just got charged .24 cents from Adele also.  On the phone now with Bank of America disputing charge and replacing card.  Not sure how they got a hold of my account information either.

My bank told me this is a pet store.  Cancel your card immediately if you have been charged.

Just found out $.24 was taken from my account too. SCARY THING IS!! we do not have any cads for this account NEVER did. BEWARE. WE are calling our bank to see why and how this happened. There has never been a withdrawl from this account until now.

These people also did us for 23 cents.  Luckily my bank caught it and immediately called us.  We ordered a new debit card.

well i haven't received a phone call, but just had a $0.22 charge on a credit card that doesn't get used and from what i can tell, there's another $0.22 pending charge.  the credit card company says it's "pet services".  ironically, while i do have a dog, there's only one store i go to and it's a small local one here in CA.  fortunately chase is canceling the card and issuing a new one now.