appeared on a bill - when called asks for the last 6 digits of your debit or credit card.

Yeah I am STILL getting calls from this number! THANKFULLY I don't answer it. I got charged 30.24 & 36.90 I called my bank just now. They are filing a despute however wont get filed till MOnday. NOT COOL! That money was all the money I had in my acct and was going to be used for diapers for my 2 kids!

I just found this $19.99 "Hosting Payment" charge on my bank statement too.  I googled the phone number that was on the statement and stumbled upon this site.  Thank goodness! I'm glad I didn't call the number! I called my bank and they are sending me an affidavit to fill out and dispute the charge.  I wonder if I should cancel the card or since these jokers appear to be fishing... maybe I can just leave it alone....  I dunno. Seems like this problem shouldn't still be going on.  Wish I knew who to tell to have this guy SHUT DOWN!!!

As a follow up to the above, I checked my statement this morning and was credited 24.99 to my account from "hosting payment" phone number 888 213 8592. I still cancelled my account though.
I Googled this number, and looks like others have been scammed from this phone number also.
BEWARE ------  CHECK YOUR STATEMENTS CAREFULLY !!!!

Luis Antezana, you may be interested in the additional information uncovered which shows that this is part of a larger group of fraudulent websites set up exclusively to process stolen credit card data into cash. There are numerous websites all located on a nefarious bloc of IP addresses rented from Singlehop Inc., in Chicago. Like this one many of the domains appear to have bogus domain registrations.

See this thread: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r24081030-Cre ... amourhostingcom

I agree. Never call the charging company and provide them any information at all on the transaction. Always dispute the charges with the card provider or cancel the card if you have a concern.

I noticed this charge on my Gander MT. card today. Called customer service and they had no info on this charge. They told me to call this (hosting payment) number to inquire. I bit, and called, gave my last 6 digits, the system then confirmed the 24.99 charge on 3/23, then they said they credited 24.99 on 4/1 (they didn't). I googled this site, after reading, I immediatly cancelled my acct.  Now I have to file a dispute.
Gander Mt. (world financial network) didn't really seem to concerned!

I just received the same thing on my Bank Statement.  I did call the # and did what they said with the last 6 digits.  I also waited to talk to someone.  It then went to leave a voice message.  I then went on here and found it to be a fraud.  I called my bank and the gentleman said he had two other calls regarding this just today.  I cancelled the card immediately!  Thanks for the heads up.  Next time I am going here first.

Info here is changed now (new owner/admin name and address)

http://whois.domaintools.com/glamour-hosting.com

Luis Antezana,
This scam IS being perpetrated by someone you know or knows you.  Figure it out and get it taken care of if you want anyone to really believe you are not neck deep in this yourself.  You are in the IT field? Coincidence this scam is IT based, or not?  Coincidence you live in WA/Seattle area and that is where the website registers to, or not?

Had the exact same experience, i had a charge of 14.99 for Hosting Payments, opened a dispute w/ Citi, and didn't bother calling the 888 number because of what I read on here.

6:45 p.m. EST.  Just filed a report about this crap with the FBI/IC3.  In doing so I gave them a link to this website of other known or possible witnesses or victims to this crime.  

It may have only been $19.99 I lost but that was my food money for next week, and come hell or high water someone WILL pay!!!

On March 29, 2010, I noticed 2 charges on my bank account, from ?HOSTING PAYMENT 888-479-5527?.  One charge is for the amount of $1.00, and the other charge is for the amount of $19.99.
I called and had my card canceled and am in process of disputing these fraudulent charges!  Today I discover that the $19.99 was taken from my account.  
I called 888-479-5527 and it is an automated voice that says if you dispute a transaction to press 1, to talk to speak to someone in customer service press 2, to leave a voicemail press 3.
Pressing 1 it says if you don?t know of charge on your card to enter the last 6 digits of credit or debit card.  At this point I hung up and called again and selected 2.  After a few minutes it transferred me to voicemail. I did not call the number again.

I am f%#*ing bent over this and hope we can all manage to hunt this person down and get our money back. What really gets me is that the bank sent MY money to these people yet they have no clue where MY money went?  There has to be an account # of some sort that the bank/CC company sent it to.

As replies are added the page numbers on which responses appear are changed. I had said in my above reply that my posts were on page two but they've already moved to page three and I'm sure they'll move again, in case people were wondering .

WTF! how does this happen... Thank you for this website! I checked this (googled) out before I called my bank and I'm glad I did. Getting a call back from the bank soon. Thank you

I got this exact same charge for $19.99 on March 20 and just noticed it yesterday. I've already filed a dispute with Citi Cards, and I'll be keeping an eye on this thread for other developments.

The scammers are using my name fraudulently as well, I assure you. The address is a residence, and it's not mine either. It's all scammed info and we're all being used by these guys.

Please see my posts on page two of this thread. We'll get to the bottom of this.

206-230-9007 has been disconnected.

Will see if there is new info for Flowersmith on Mercer Island.

Another interesting note:
A quick web search on the address listed in the WHOIS info shows that it is registered to a flower shop.

Flowersmith
7525 78th Ave SE
Mercer Island, WA 98040
206-230-9007

However, I know where this address is, and it's definitely a residence. You can even verify this using Google's street view.

The owner of the residence may just run a business from their home, because this business listing shows on multiple search results. I seriously would doubt they have anything to do with this scam.

It may be good to call and get them involved in the investigation as well. I'll give them a call and post my findings.

My point is the scammers clearly found my name, attached it to someone else's address, and used it as their ICANN listing.

The mystery unfolds...

Apparently they are using my name or my father's name to perpetrate their scam. I was just contacted by Trish, one of the posters here, who informed me of what's going on. I've given her my information so she can use it in the FBI case against the scammers.

I don't have any involvement with what's going on here and am more than upset my exact name has been associated with this. I'm going to do what I can to help out here. I am an IT manager so I have a great deal of familiarity with domain hosting and how ICANN listings work, so I am going to start in that space to find out what I can.

The ICANN listings are what tell the public who is in charge of a website. There's usually an admin contact and a technical contact at the very least. The key thing to realize here is this is not verified information. You can list anybody and give any contact info you like, so it is one of the easiest ways to give false but convincing information about your hosting admins. The scammers listed my name (or my father's) but the address is totally incorrect for either of us, although we do live in the area.

My dad is a retired and upstanding senior citizen who clearly would have nothing to do with this. He is easily locatable in any phone book, but I ask you to not involve him in this case. His is a dear man, whose hearing is not good, and this whole situation would be entirely confusing for him.

Please continue to post updates here and let's get this problem solved. I am going to put a fraud alert on my bank account next, if that's possible.

Thanks for the info.  It gave me a lot of information that when I speak to this person I will forward to the FBI, I have a case opened with them.

I have located the person who created this site.  I am acting like an interested investor/client to get my call returned.  He is under another business name thanks to JJ on this site I was able to locate the owner of this "glamour-hosting".  I will also forward the information I get from this guy to the FBI since I have a case number opened with them and they stated if I had additional information to give it to them, I will after I speak to this scum bag.

Yes, I have contacted the FBI and have a confirmation number so I can continually check the status.  Please be sure that anything I hear from them I WILL post on here.

I have just filed a complaint with the FBI.  I am referencing this website so they can see the number of people affected by this SCAM.  I will post on here what I receive in correspondence from the FBI.  Filed 3/30/10 at 10:15am.

More infor here

http://whois.domaintools.com/glamour-hosting.com

Yes, obviously from the number of complaints, VISA must know this guy is scamming and has not shut him down.  WHY?!?!?!?

Fraudulent charges and bogus phone number. DO NOT call this number and give them your last 6 digits of the credit card. Once you give them the last 6 digits they know it is a valid credit card account and they will charge you! Cancel your card and dispute the charges asap. Company name "networking/information technology service," Charge on CC name: Hosting payment WA $19.99

Received a charge for $ 14.99 on my Visa Check Card as well. Called the bank and they told me that I was responsible for the first $ 50.00 so I asked, "$ 50.00 every day this person decides to charge me????" They told me that I should never use my Visa Check Card for purchases online. The only way that I can think of that my CC number got out was when we moved and I used the verification system with the post office that requires a $ 1.00 charge to your card "for verification."

In twenty years of using Visa Check Cards I have never had a problem. The recording was exactly as others stated requesting the last six difgits of my card. Recording said credit would occur in 6 days, which it did, but I cancelled my card. Unfortunately, my bank charges for a replacement card (until I Iocate another bank), but better safe than sorry.

This # also was on my bank charge account that is a scam..............why can't this be terminated asap?

This morning, my account was billed by HOSTING PAYMENT and the phone prompts are just as you described. Went to my bank branch and they were aware of the fake charge scam. The sad part is,  

WHERE IS LAW ENFORCEMENT?  WHY IS THE PHONE NUMBER STILL ACTIVE?

Phone companies turn your phone off in an instant for none payment, yet continue to opperate when ripping off countless people. What do you think???????????????

Got an alert from the bank that I had been charged $1.00 and then $14.99 and it was from 888-479-5527. I didn't recognize the number or the name "Hosting Payment" so I googled the number and ended up on this page. The charge was still pending and hadn't gone through yet. I cancelled my card immediately and got a new one. I didn't even bother to call the number because I know I never ordered anything from them. I think that you people that gave them the last six digits of your credit card number may have made a mistake. I hope it all works out well for you. I know it will for me.