Have a $20 charge on my Visa card, Says OFTDF 888-955-5455 BC. I do not remember making a dotation to a charity? I only donate locally in Ontario? Will investigate if it happens again.

THIS IS FRAUD. CALL TO YOUR VISA  AND ASK INVESTIGATION. ITS SUPPOSED TO RETURN BACK THE MONEY ON YOUR ACCOUNT!

I have a recurring charge on my Credit Union checking/debit account for just under $5.  Charges are tied to the 888-955-5455 number and are said to be open media engagemenca.  (whatever that is).  Sounds like I'me being skimmed.

This is also the phone number given for those who donate to BC Cancer Society.   Must be a company that collects money for them.

Thanks! I had this too and thanks to your reply I remembered I also donate to a biking fundraiser!

Same thing for me Red Cross donations. But to stop it's more complicated...

I had just short of £200 come off my debit card with Red Cross against it - someone got my card details !!

I got a charge on my credit card with this number when I signed up for Red Cross Donations.

Yes, their name appeared on my card statement, over and over again. $5 charge to some charity I never heard of, followed by $5 credit. At least 4 times back and forth like this. In the mean time, three other $250-ish charges were made against my card to other merchants. All of it fraud. It looks like someone used the $5 charges to make sure my card was valid before making real purchases with it. If you see any charges from this company be sure to check your bill carefully!

Call the number beside the charge. If no number appears, call your bank and they can trace the charge for you.

IATS is a merchant provider for non-profit organications. Their phone number will appear beside all of their merchants' transactions on your statement. If you do not recognize a charge that appears with their phone number beside it, call them! They will help you. They are known in the industry for the number 1 customer service team.
If you did not authorize a charge that appears on your statement, it is possible that your cc # may have been stolen by a fraudster who is testing your card on non-profit websites to make sure that it works. If this has happened to you, the non-profit organization will give you a refund.

IATS will never contact you unless you have left us a message to call you back (most often regarding a credit card charge).

This is a comapny the collects for non-profits.  It was for the Pancreatic Cancer Network for me.

Got a call from a Rogers 1-866 number on my Rogers Wireless cellular phone the same day of this credit card charge. I only remember asking them to remove me from their calling list, had no idea what they wanted and now I have a 1$ fraudulent charge from this phone number with the description "Kids Help Phone". I don't mind donating as long as I agree to it. Needless to say, I'll be calling IATS to get refunded or will let my credit card company deals ith the scammers.

I have one for $25.  It is for a donation I made to www.PHAssociation.org (Pulmonary Hypertension Association).  It is a legit charge, at least in my case.

I had COAST TO COAST 888-955-5455 ON appear on my card too & then I remembered that it was an indoor biking fundraiser for a children's camp.  :)

This is a company that provides services for various non-profit organizations.  The brief description before the phone number identifies the particular charity that you donated to.

Our debit account was charged through my husband's card in Canada (never been there) and our bank told us that the number for the company that made it was 888-955-5455. Someone must have skimmed his card.

Yes, I was also perplexed but it turns out it is the Canadian name for the PBS TV channel KCTS Seattle.  If you responded to their fundraising charity call, this is where they collect the Canandian funds.

I have a charge on my visa for 'Coast to Coast 8889555455'. Does anyone know what this is all about?

My credit card had a charge on it (less than $100) showing the 888-955-5455 BC phone number with the company name of Pacific Coast TV. Google showed this to be the Canadian name for the PBS TV channel KCTS Seattle. This was the phone number they used to solicit donations for their Public Broadcasting network.

I have a charge on my master card.

IATS (International Automated Transaction Services) is a merchant services provider that works with charities and non-profit organizatons across North America and in the UK, EU, Australia and NZ, as well as a select group of travel agencies. They handle the donation processing for over six thousand non-profit organizations. Their phone number, along with the name of the non-profit organization you give to appears on your statment. If you do not recognize the name of the organization on your statement, call their customer service department (Option 1) and they can look up the contact info for you. If a charge has been made in error, the non-profit organization in question can issue you a refund.

Your card has been skimmed and you are yet another victim of crooks that make small transactions from many victims to rake the money in. My bank account had a 1$ transaction with CAP Aids as the merchant and 888-955-5455 as their number. Nowhere in CAP Aids website is that number listed. I had the bank cancel the debit card immediately.

I found something similar - I *think* it's from a donation I made to a friend's fund-raising campaign (they were participating in a fundraiser and asked for pledges)

I also have a $20 charge on my mastercard without remembering the transaction, whom do I call to verify where this charge comes from?

I have a 20$ charge on my master card and don't known what is it. Could you help me?

Je ne me souviens pas d'un appel de ce numéro. Je n'ai rien acheté. Pas de transaction faite.

It's IATS, a payment processing firm.

IATS stands for International Automated Transaction Services.