Dodgy thing on bank statement?!

lemonkettaz · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:20

Hello, im a part time worker (student) so i notice when i spend money as i really dont have much.

But i opened my bank statement when i got home to notice a Card purchase of £137 on it

The purchase was.

Payment to Lithuanian
Lithunia transaction for LTL664.00 at exchange rate 4.829 including £3.69 commission.

664 lithunia = 137.51 british pounds.

Wtf?! is this lithunian airlines.. or what? I have no idea what this purchase is and im slightly worried... It says card purchase but ive never lost my card, or given out details. Also ive only ever used ebay and here for buying thins online.

Im slightly worried. What should i do?... obviously i wont be able to get the money back, whatever it is "I" bought

Visage · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:20

lemonkettaz said:
Hello, im a part time worker (student) so i notice when i spend money as i really dont have much.

But i opened my bank statement when i got home to notice a Card purchase of £137 on it

The purchase was.

Payment to Lithuanian
Lithunia transaction for LTL664.00 at exchange rate 4.829 including £3.69 commission.

664 lithunia = 137.51 british pounds.

Wtf?! is this lithunian airlines.. or what? I have no idea what this purchase is and im slightly worried... It says card purchase but ive never lost my card, or given out details. Also ive only ever used ebay and here for buying thins online.

Im slightly worried. What should i do?... obviously i wont be able to get the money back, whatever it is "I" bought

Phone your bank and ask them.

crashuk · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:21

contact your bank explain, also have you any other transactions that pove you were in the uk?:

daveyj27 · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:21

lemonkettaz said:
Im slightly worried. What should i do?...

Contact the bank?

Edit: Bah....beaten.

lemonkettaz · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:22

I will...

i can only think of lithunian airlines?... some idiot terrorist known my luck

lemonkettaz · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:23

crashuk said:
contact your bank explain, also have you any other transactions that pove you were in the uk?:

In the UK?

Its the only thing to come out my bank that day... but i was at work that day so that proves i was in the UK

Spacky · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:26

****!

Hope your bank sort it for you

daveyj27 · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:26

lemonkettaz said:
but i was at work that day so that proves i was in the UK

Not to the bank it doesn't. If you had used your card at (for example) a local cash machine, then that would be the instant proof that the bank would be interested in.

Dolph · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:26

Contact your bank and see if they can shed more light on the situation.

daveyj27 · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:27

Also, what makes you think that you won't get the money back?

Mr Jack · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:28

Contact your bank ASAP. They should be able to give your more information and you can challenge the transaction and get your money back. You should also cancel your card and get a new one. Assuming you have a halfway decent bank you will not incur any charges if you go over your overdraft limit as a result of fraudulent use.

lemonkettaz · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:29

daveyj27 said:
Also, what makes you think that you won't get the money back?

No idea.. i just dont understand how its a card purchase... it seems impossible.. more than the fact it appears to be an airline company

Yas786 · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:32

Dude ring your bank up asap, in fact do it now. I dont think anyone here will be able to give you the advice or info your looking for...thats what banks are there for...

...not only there to take your money but also to help you out should you have any queries about any transactions etc

bradbcam · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:39

it's obviously a fraudulent transaction of some form or another. Call your bank and deny it straight away!
they should refund you quickly

Visage · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:44

bradbcam said:
it's obviously a fraudulent transaction of some form or another. Call your bank and deny it straight away!
they should refund you quickly

Why obviously?

There are all sorts of transactions that can come up with unusual names on a statement. It doesnt necessarily mean they're fraudulent, and making ill-informed statements like yours doesnt really help.

Vonhelmet · 25 Apr 2006 at 15:45

ID cards would eliminate this problem.

lemonkettaz · 25 Apr 2006 at 16:07

Went down.. sorted.. card been cancelled.

apparently some idiot has bought airline tickets from me... obviously there is no way of tracking who, but apparently its cut and dry and ill be refunded.

I will be sent a new card and sent an incident report thing that i have to send back to the "fraud squad" whatever they are called so they can investigate further.

But i will recieve the money back.

Probably some dodgy terrorist ordering tickets... wonder who

UKDTweak · 25 Apr 2006 at 16:10

Contact the police, they shuold be able to get the ticket details from the airline and catch the criminals that did this to you.

lemonkettaz · 25 Apr 2006 at 16:13

I was thinking about contacting the police..

i dunno :rolleyes:

Yas786 · 25 Apr 2006 at 16:15

Visage said:
Why obviously?

There are all sorts of transactions that can come up with unusual names on a statement. It doesnt necessarily mean they're fraudulent, and making ill-informed statements like yours doesnt really help.

True the number of times ive bought something..queried it with my bank..ready to spit blood...only to find that i did indeed place an order for that amount....how embarrassing