Act Blue and credit card fraud

[The Blue Flower]

Something was wrong with my credit card statement, so I went back through the transactions and found a donation to Act Blue at the end of July for $550. I'm a retiree on Social Security. I don't make donations of that size to anybody. And I don't donate to Act Blue--only to specific Democratic candidates. I just got off the phone with my credit union and made a fraud claim. I'm left with a question: if someone's going to steal my card number, isn't it odd that it would be used for a political organization? Fraudsters generally use if for themselves. Any thoughts?

[ananda]

1. That is very strange.

It's good you're taking action.

[LostinRed]

2. Some candidates use actblue to play process payments

The candidate Catherine masto running for senate in Nevada uses actblue. Maybe you accidentally put in the wrong amount

Here is a sample email from Masto

Grassroots supporters like you are stepping up to help us hit our goal, but we cannot let up now! Time is running out before our fundraising deadline, and the ONLY way we'll win in Nevada and take back the Senate is if you give right now:
TIME IS RUNNING OUT: Give $5 or more now to win in Nevada, take back the Senate and protect the future of the Supreme Court!
If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

[The Blue Flower]

3. As I said, I don't donate to Act Blue

nt

[Travis_0004]

5. A specific canidate might use act blue to process the payment

You could go to donate to one candidate, but on the statement it comes across as actblue, since they process the payment. At the same time a 50 dollar donation could have been mistyped as 550.

[marybourg]

6. Well the OP certainly did the right

thing by challenging the charge. The combination of an unfamiliar name and an unfamiliar amount leaves him no choice

[Purveyor]

4. I have a Paypal account just for such purposes. There is never much

money in the account unless there needs to be for a specific purpose.

Takes just seconds to transfer money from my bank account into my PP account.

They can't steal it if there is nothing there...

[Jeffersons Ghost]

7. Obviously, someone wanted media to believe Democrats were involved in fraud...

This mystery doesn't require an FBI profiler or intelligence analyst to solve.

[Celerity]

9. cool story bro