[IE] Repeated fraudulent charges from merchant - Reported to support, yet they still took my money today.
I have had several fraudulent attempts to take money from my card over the past 4 weeks with the "verify a payment notification" received. I first reported this to Revolut on 1st April.
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1st April - the AI support chatbot recommended cancelling my Virtual card as it was the "most likely" cause of the charge attempts but it could not confirm for definite that it was this particular card.
card cancelled - new virtual card created
7th April - seen more fraudulent attempts at payments through the "verify a payment" notification. this time for:
Keukenhof for €84
reported this again to Revolut help, they assured me the attempts should fizzle out over the coming weeks as scammers will realise the virtual card is now cancelled.
21st April - 3x charges for Keukenhof for €84 are taken from my account in a space of 10 minutes at 4am. No notifications to verify a payment at all.
€252 total.
so it turns out ...
Card was actually my physical Revolut metal card - NOT my virtual card which was replaced in early April.
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steps taken
* spent 2 hours with Revolut help - actually speaking to various agents this time, not the AI chatbot
* I have filed a chargeback claim with Revolut for the 3 transactions
* I have cancelled and replaced my Revolut metal card
* I have filed a police report
* I was not able to block the merchant previously as no payment ever went through beforehand
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takeaways
* although the Revolut chatbot, similar to chatgpt and other LLMs, its very reassuring but it's quite useless and identified several things incorrectly even when asked for a definitive answer.
* it falsely identified the wrong card
* it assured me no further action was needed from me
* it couldn't block payments to the merchants I identified
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questions
does anyone know how long it typically takes to receive a refund from the chargeback?
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