Pacific Web Works Fraudulent Credit Card Charges

Company: Pacific Web Works a.k.a. PW/E Auction a.k.a. Tradeworks

Marketing

180 S. 300 W. Suite 400

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

801-578-9020

800-497-4988

801-578-9019 fax

My name is Lesley Fisher. I am a resident of

Escondido, CA. I wanted to alert you of a scam and see if you can help,

either myself with my current situation or others who may encounter the

same issue. In checking my last credit card statement for charges for

July, I noticed an entry dated 7/03:

PACIFIC WEB WORKS TEL8015789020 UT

$49.90

Knowing that I had not charged anything for this amount, I attempted

to contact this company via phone & email to find out what this charge

is for. They have failed to respond. When I went to the internet and

did a search on "Pacific Web Works" to get their contact info, I see

numerous search results indicating that this company is heavily

involved in credit card fraud and business scams.

I immediately contacted my credit card company to dispute the charge

and also inquired about any other recent transcations on my account (I

rarely use my credit card so any charges are very obvious) and found

that on 8/01 another charge showed up under the entry:

PW/E Auction/801-578-9020 UT

$49.90

Note the exact same phone number and dollar amount of the charge.

My credit card company stated that the first charge was for "computer

repair" and the second one was for "retail purchase", neither of which

was incurred by myself. My credit card company is taking care of

disputing the charges. I also had them immediately show my card as lost

or stolen (even though it wasn't) so that the account could be closed

and no further charges made against that particular account.

I am a person who is very careful with my credit cards and my

credit/personal info. I do not know how this company got my information

and was able to push these unauthorized and fraudulent charges

through.

Very truly yours,

Lesley Fisher

Escondido, CA

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Same scam still occurring.

Just discovered this month (June 2008).

Multiple charges over the last several months.

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We did too. We first got an message on our answering machine stating our package we ordered and was in the mail. after searching for this number, this message and other site claiming fraud showed up, needless to say a charge for 4.95 was on our bill. luckily we caught them before it got worse. and we actually received a web site CD software package.. ironically it contains software for letting people use Credit cards with your web site.. hummm

BEWARE!!!!

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I just had the exact same thing happen to me today. In fact, my credit card company caught this and other fraudulent charges today and contacted me. Later this morning I received an automated call from "Pacific Web Works" about shipping a "business start up kit" to my address. I don't know if they're working in conjunction with whomever stole my account info, but I will be getting law enforcement involved so I can collect the IP information for orders placed fraudulently.