800-326-5161 / 8003265161

this phone number was listed with my Amex Card for Match.com but I call and it's out service

I got the same charge on my Visa. I called the number and someone claiming that they were from match.com answered and said my card was aaociated to a fradulent account. I have done some more research and it is a scam.

This charge appeared on my card, when I cancled a membership that my step son started without my permission on another adult site (horneymatches.com). I went to my bank and told them I would pay the one charge, (to horneymatches.com) because my son was paying me for that, but that we did not have any accounts with match.com. The bank told me to call the 800 number lised on the charge. I did so while at the teller booth. They said they would have their problem resolution person contact me within 24 hours. Now I know my son does not have an account on match.com, as I checked his computer (I am expert on computers). This is a scam. plain and simple.

Got a call from my CC company that I may have fraudulent charges. They gave me this # as the retailer who claimed to be match.com and asked me if I would resolve it. I have a Match.com account so I'm not sure which match.com they represent because when I called them they could not verify my username or my email address. Then they asked for my CC#.If they are legit and someone else unknown used my CC# to open an account, then verifying my CC would be the only way to identify the fraudulent charges. But w/o knowing who they are I didn't give up my CC# because even though they probably have it anyway, I did not want to legitimize their having it in any way. Of course now they may even have my name and home number. I probably should have blocked that information when calling.Anyway this smells of a serious scam as there were addition fraud charges made to my CC during the same time period. If you contact them block your phone information and ask them for their web address. When you realize its a scam hang up and let your CC company handle it like me. Hopefully they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Hello Everyone, I am posting on this topic to help out everyone who this may happen too.First of all this charge is not an impostor charge. This is the real transaction charge of Match.com, "WMV*MATCH.COM 8003265161 TX". I had this happen to my credit card this month (September 2009). What's happening is someone is fraudulently using credit cards to setup Match.com accounts. The same person who used mine for Match.com accounts also tried to use mine for Yahoo Personal accounts. Luckily I caught the transactions While they were happening.How it happened I checked my bank account and I had 3 fraudulent charges, and in a matter of 10 minutes I had 3 More!!! So I called the number on the back of my card and got a hold placed on my account and then contacted my bank in the morning. They told me to contact the number on the card. Luckily the next day the charges to yahoo personals were dissolved. Their system must have picked up the fraudulent usage. So I only had the one transaction from Match.com that cleared to my card.First of all, I had held ownership to a free Match.com membership over a year before this happened. The first thing I recommend is not using Match.com at all. I say this because even to sign up for a free membership they make you input your CC information. If there was a fraudulent user, they must have hacked either my old name or Match.com's databases. In my first e-mail to Match.com they acted as if it was not their problem. They told me "There is no registered subscription to this user name". I responded that I don't enjoy the runaround treatment, I provided them with the credit card charge name on my statement (WMV*MATCH.COM 8003265161 TX) and I asked them to confirm or deny this was a charge from their company because I had the CC statements to prove it. Finally at the end of the message I told them I would be contacting my local district attorneys office and the Better Business Bureau to report the fraudulent actions of their company. and I told them I demand a proper answer to this problem. Finally, after waiting a day I got an e-mail from their staff stating that "the card registered to my user name was used fraudulently for a subscription by another user." They did refund the money immediately after their investigation. But the kicker is they will not give me any more details about the case until I obtain a subpoena and mail it to them. So who knows if this phantom user exists or if they're just charging people and ripping off those that are less aggressive in getting their money back. It's a strong accusation to make, but if my car is stolen and the guy who stole it is caught, the cops will tell me his name and ask if I want to press charges, not protect his privacy, right?In conclusion, Protect yourselves people! Don't use your debit card online, only a CC with full fraud protection policy set in place. If this does happen to you, be annoying, be a dick, present your evidence, demand your problem be taken care of and if they don't respond to that threaten action, if they don't respond to that be prepared to take action. I work hard for my money and I'm not going to let anyone steal it from me I hope you all feel the same way. I hope this helps. Be safe everyone.

Thank you so much for this note, it helped me as the same thing has happened. I cancelled my debit card - attached to my bank account and hope that nothing else has posted. Not the money, but the point to this whole scam is really tickin me off.

its a scam i was just about to pay

Your advice is excellent and the same happened to me, BUT this morning the charges were reversed by the company, so NO FURTHER ACTION will be taken by my financial institution because they did not keep the money....tell me, is that a load of BS or what!!??! I am not now, nor have I ever been a client, customer, whatever with Match.com. My question to you is, should I call Match.com? I don't even know if I should bother, however, what if someone that has set up an account using my debit card is perpetrating me on-line?? I am married, have been for over 22 years, very happily too, I might add. My spouse (and believe me, I checked) has never been on this website, not from our home computer, laptops, blackberry, nothing....and it is blocked at his work. Is there anything I can do? I feel violated and EXTREMELY PO'd that someone had the AUDACITY to try and take something that is MINE, not just the money but the INFORMATION...idk, I should just get over it, I caught it, took care of it, and hopefully it will not happen again....Actually it won't EVER happen again because on-line shopping is DONE for this family!!! The only reason I am bothering you, in particular, with this is because you were a past client of the company...do you have any further advice for my particular situation? I DO like your idea of contacting district attorney's and the BBB, I may do that anyway. Thank you for your time, I look forward to hearing from you, if you have a moment.

I just had the exact same scenario happen to me! And the police have told me nothing can be done, because no money was taken, but, like you, I feel violated and want to know who is using my information and how they got it.

These are cases of credit card fraud most of the time, the company can't provide info due to privacy protection policy, when the refunds are issued right after they block the credit card from the site. And the reason they refund on the spot is cause they find the billing suspicious