I too, had a mysterious transaction hit my account for 0.00 on 2/16/2013 from EPI, Inc with the same 815-230-9660 number.    My credit union shut my acount down and now I will be replacing teh card today by reading all the comments on this site abotu this phishing scam.

I agree with everyone else - something must be done by proper authorities to put these shisters out of biz!

BTW - I did make a purchase over 3 years ago for WU-TI so this may be the "leak" alluded with another party.

My bank contacted me yesterday also 'Stopping' a $0.00 charge on my Visa to EPC,Inc Palinfield IL. Goodness in reading these posts they're going All the way back to 2009 !!! How do these people get stopped ???

Someone from this phone number has very presumptuously has tried to enter my bank account and withdraw money using my debit card..they were unable to thank goodness that they are on a fraud list with my credit union ...but because of this I can no longer use my debit card and will have to get a new card which will cause untold amounts of inconvenience.  Why hasn't anything been done about this?

got a charge at my bank for 0.00 dollars.    the fraud dept called me and the numer and name was epc in plainville IL  the phone number is 1-815-230-9660.  I have cancelled my debit card.  be careful everyone.

Teleport Communications out of Chicago is owned and operated by Eitan Kimelman  He lives in NYC. Find him at Peretz Bronstein's law office but he is not a lawyer nor is he a paralegal. Eitan KImelman, like his brothers are just thieves. Yaron KImelman lives in LIncolnwood, Illinois and prabably runs the scams out of Chicago and Abraham KImelman lives in Brookline, MA.  Eitan KImelman has Dollar Phones out of Dallas and under that he has Broadwing Communications, Level 3 Communications, etc . All are scams used to threaten, harass , etc.

EPC Inc tried to get money out of my account but my financial institution put a hold on my debit card.  Wish I knew where to file charges against this company!!!  Get a JOB like the rest of us do and you won't have to try & steal other peoples money!!!!!!  I never received a call but they still tried to take money from me!!!

In BC, Canada, I was buying a christmas gift for my son when my card was declined.  My card company held my card because a suspicious $0.00 transaction from Illinois was attempted today.  They tried to call the number (815-230-9600) to help me out but only an answering machine and asking for a password. I will cancel my card tonight.  I have the same question as everyone else, why isn't this EPC being shut down ?

I just got a call from my Chase credit card company and EPC had a pending charge of $0.00 that was just made.  They caught it immediately,  since I hadn't used the card in over 4 months and the card wasn't present for the transaction.  Cancelled card at once.  Why isn't this EPC being shut down as it seems this has been going on for years...

My Mastercard had $0 charge hold from a merchant called EPC, Inc. with a phone # of 815-230-9660.  Never heard of EPC, Inc. and didn't use this card in some time.  The credit card is associated with our PayPal account, this may be a possible link.  Fraud Dept. at my credit card office didn't suggest canceling, but I think it may be a good idea.

I got a call from the fraud department at my Chase credit card co. A no charge hold had been placed on our account and it was made from EPC Inc. at 815-230-9660 out of IL. They cancelled my card and issued a new one right away. Now will just have to figure out how many accounts are set up for auto pay with that card :(

Got a call from my MC company. They questioned  a request for charge by this company. They had not authorized it. I had them cancel my credit card. Don't know how anyone got my info. Must be by someone where I have used the card. The phone number they gave me is the same as shown here.

I have a pending debit on my bank account & I got same recording & bank said I could only dispute the charge once it goes thru. I'm cancelling my debit card.

my credit card company caught this scam here in Scotland. i use my card in the US when at my vacation home but havent been there for over a month now. cancelled the card immediately bit of a nusance but no alternative. they didnt take any cash just a test scam presumably. looks like they have started up again after a lull probably to get these postings off page one of google.

I also got a credit of 0.00 in Citibank account, and what I see is "EPC INC 815-230-96 PLAINFIELD", I am contacting Citi right now to have it sorted out. I do have Amazon Account with this Master CC, EBay and Paypal, not sure what happened. Very worried.

I didn't receive a call from 815-230-9660 BUT, my credit card caught the EPC attempted scam.  I had a $0.00 attempted charge by EPC Inc, Plainville, IL.  My credit card representative called it a probable 'test' by a scammer.  I had to cancel current credit card and get a replacement with a new number.  BEWARE!!

This is huge!  Thanks JeanG for the web site.

Nov. 2012.  They are still at it.  I just checked my bank account tonight, and found "EPC INC 815-230-9660 Plainfield IL US"  had a pending transaction, and also another transaction for "FUELED UP 877-687-3159  in Scottsdale, AZ"  was charged to my bank acct..  I live in Idaho and haven't been to AZ in 11 years.  I didn't lend my card to anyone, so someone must have hacked into something and stolen my information.  
The first thing I did was to call the 2 phone numbers on my statement.  I got similar recording for the EPC #, and just music on the Fueled Up phone #.  
It was after banking hours, so I sent an email to my bank and I plan to call first thing in the morning to find out what to do.  This is really frustrating.  If people have so much free time on their hands, why don't they become a scientist and find a cure for cancer, aids, MS, etc.

recieved a call form bank stateing that epc inc had put through a 1.07 charge to my check card. Lucky the bank put a hold on the charge as they know this as a fraud company. Now I have to cancel my card and wait 10 days for the new one. I almost exclusively us this card and it is a pain in the a** to change. I'll join a lawsuit against them if one is going

Apparently, they're still in business. I just got a "fraud check" from my credit card company--and it's for these people, who charged an amount less than $1 to my account. I think it was labelled as an "address check."

Apparently, the credit card companies are well aware of this.

Just a note: I generally DO NOT USE this credit card. But this last month, I HAVE been using it for lots of small purchases: Fast foods, convenience stores, Papa John's online, and Lowe's and Home Depot. So somebody got my card number from ONE of those places. My bet is that some kid in a fast food drive through has a double swipe setup, and collects card numbers and sells them to somebody...

I got a messge indicating my card was charged at EPC Inc which i never did, Called and reported it to the bank and they cancelled my credit card immediately and replaced with a new one. Beware of this fraud going on

I received a charge from EPC INC. in Plainfield, IL on my Barclay Card.  I was contacted by B.C. and B.C. gave me the # to call to check on the validity of the charge, which was omitted from their info received.  I told them that it was fraudulent.  The proceeded to cancel my account #.

EPC INC. didn't contact me, if they did call.

I left my name & phone # on their recording, is this the extra info that they can use to really wipe me out.

I also got a call from First Direct today to say that this company had tried to authorise a payment for zero to my account. Presumably that is the first step to fraudulently removing money. As I was able to say I had not authorised a payment it did not go through. However I have had to cancel my card. It seems to me that the banks must know about this but maybe haven't found a way to stop it.
iWhat I don't understand is how they are getting all the bank details. Is it the result of some hacking scam I wonder?

Hooray for a least one excellent bank. My bank contacted me to say they had witheld a payment to this companyuntill I could confirm it was a legitimate transaction. Thank you First Direct I do not know how much the amount was for but I know my bank is working for its customers

I just received a charge from them this morning. I haven't used my credit card and haven't bought anything online. Who are they? What does EPC stand for

It is called a phishing scam.

EPC inc. tests your account number with a transaction small enough to evade law enforcement. Next, they use a secondary company based over seas to make false charges to your account. Lately, it is 39.95 for some product that doesn't really exist.

Lastly, if you call them and provide morre personal information they can really wipe you out. Change your account numbers.

It's called a phishing scam.

They start with just a card number. Then, they charge a .01 or .00 to your account. If it works they then use a secondary side company to charge your account for products that don't exist. Lately, it's been 39.95 for something you never ordered. The side company is usually based over seas and the local police won't follow up for a fraud of zero dollars, so the scam continues for years.

If your real unlucky and leave them more personal information on their recording, then they can really wipe you out. If you see EPC on your list of transactions, then you have to cancel your account number.

I just found out about EPC, Inc. from my credit card company.  I called them when my credit card was continually being declined for the past two days.  My company said there was a "card check" on it -- they were flagging my card for a curious transaction from EPC, Inc.  They gave me the EPC number and I called it (815-230-9660) to find out who EPC is and what type of business transaction I had with them.  All I got was a recording saying that they were holding my transaction for 5 business days to verify my information.  WHAT INFORMATION???  AND FROM WHOM DID THEY GET THIS INFORMATION?  I left my name and phone number and told them I wanted a human being to contact me.  My assumed "transaction" with them occurred on August 11.  It is now August 17.  I should see something try to come through on my credit card today or tomorrow, since my 5 days are up.  However, my credit card company said they will pay nothing to EPC, Inc. until I give them the go-ahead.  They suggested I might want to cancel that credit card number and reissue a new one.  I decided to do just that.

Have a $.00 pending on our acct for EPC INC as of 8/13/11 #815 230 9660 - have notified our bank about this - also called the # and it went straight to voice message saying that they don't charge anything to your account without proper authorization??? - a little suspicious I'd say???  Got on the website, found this info from all of you - got back in touch with our bank told them I'd gone to the website found the info about people being chg'd $1.07 and enough people being chg'd could add up to a lot of $$$$ as someone already said - hopefully this will be stopped but you sure have to stay on top of it - the 'voice message' also said if it hasn't been removed in 5 days from day it appeared to let them know?????

This company, EPC inc just did an authorization check on my mastercard.  I am now canceling this card because I have no idea who this is.