(800) 764-0847

A charge of 16 cents appeared on my company procurement card with this phone number. When you call, it is out of service. I must account for every charge that appears on my company card and I am unable to do so on this one..

I have a credit card for my job, which is a government job and there was a charge for .14 cents on there from GFDL with this phone number on it. The State that I work for is very picky about charge and I have to show all receipts and make sure no taxes are charged to us because we are tax exempt. This puts me in a bad place to not have a receipt or anything to show for this. Hopefully, I won't lose my job!!

I didn't receive a call either ... but I was charged .17 on my VISA credit card on 11/13 with GFDL 800-764-0847 as the transaction description. I called my credit card company about the transaction and told them the identifying phone number for GFDL is no longer in service (I tried to call it).

no call but was carged $.16 on debit card will cancel all accounts # on charge is 8007640847 TX electronics store

I was also charged .16 on my mastercard credit card on 11/13. I notified my card issuer of the transaction and that the identifying phone number for GFDL is no longer in service. I later called back to have a new card issued and make sure their fraud dept. is notified. I hope everyone reports this so maybe this criminal can be caught.

I never received any type of call from this 800 number but I had 13¢ call on my debit card on 11/13 from this Gfdl 1-800-764-0847 I did not notice it until I received my bank statement on 12/3 I intend to do several things about this. This unautorized activity needs to stop and the persons commiting this fraud need to be prosecuted!

this phone number/name=GFDL billed my debit/credit card .16.....bank caught it and shut account down...the scam is to then take ;arger amounts...google the # and see more about the scam!

A .13 charge to to my debit card was on my bank statement to this number. I did not authorize this nor would I ever charge .13 to my acct. When I called the number it is not in service. The bank said the only info they could get on it was the initials TFDL. I am trying to find out where else to file a complaint. Had to cancel my debit card and get a new one.

i saw this transaction on my bank statement for the same number charging $.11. i hate to cancel my debit card, but i didn't make it & certainly don't want there to be another charge!

We also had a mysterious 11¢ charge appear on our credit card statement with a reference to this phone number. We reported this to our bank, and they said it was fraud, and c****ed our account for us.

These scammers took 15 cents from my credit card. These are scammers who are testing credit card #s to see if they work. They also take a small amount and figure you won't contest it...free money. Make sure your bank or credit card ins***ution flags the merchant # from that company to shut them down. I have asked Citibank to do so, but I am not sure if they are taking it seriously because the charge was only for 15 cents.

someone is using my debit card info for this transaction AND MNY MORE.  Cancel your card and get a new number!

Unauthorized debit of my WAMU account occurred 11-14-08 for $.16. The company ref. was GFDL with the now infamous phone # 800-764-0847. As others have found, it's an "out of service" number. The fraud dept. at my ***nch could not get any more info. So, now have to file claim, get a new card etc. How can we find these creeps??!! Tell as many people about this & notify the banks! Good luck.

this number billed my ctedit card for 19 cents

READ THIS:We're following a fraud situation as of 11-14-08 in which a non-existent company (as shown in the graphic above) has fraudulently charged at least tens of thousands -- perhaps millions -- of credit and debit card holders across the country. We sell fake newspapers and fake newspaper stories; this isn't one of them. We're aware of this only because two of our own cards have been hi**** appears that all debits were made on 11-14-08, probably in the hope that fewer banks would be able to close accounts on the weekend. The charges seem to be mostly in the $.09 to $.21 range. The thinking was probably that few people would question such a small amount,****uming it was yet another ridiculous bank fee. The vast majority of charges are being posted by the fic***ious GFDL company; the various 800 numbers number in the ***dreds, though the one shown above (800-764-0847) is one of the more common ones. Don't bother calling it-- the number's disconnected.This does not APPEAR to be a situation in which bank records were compromised, because so far no common denominator can be found, though that could c****e. Those affected include people who've never used the account even one time. It appears to us as though the accounts are being found using a random account number generator; every account the generator spits out is charged as a test. Millions may have been declined, but millions more have probably gone through, as was the case with two of our own cards. The crooks will enjoy a bit of profit from this initial phase -- after all, five million times eleven cents is more than Joe the Plumber makes in a week. But we suspect the crooks plan to come back in a few days or a week and attempt to clean out all of the accounts which were shown to be valid by this test. We expect to see thi***** the major network news sources by Sunday night or Monday. In the meantime, ***dreds of thousands of people across the country are scrambling to get their credit and debit accounts shut down, then re-opened with new numbers in a week or ten days. The amount of time and trouble this puts Americans to is utterly incalculable, and we feel that the ***** penalty is far too good for bottom feeders such as those who would do this.We suggest that EVERYONE check ALL of their accounts to see if there are tiny withdrawals in these amount ranges. If so, our advice is to terminate the account immediately. Many banks are already aware of this specific problem, yet many are not. Key Bank, for instance, claims our call tonight was the first they'd heard of it.A***n, we stress that so far no one has been able to find any common denominator. At first it was thought that some online store's database must have been stolen by fraudsters, but, first, almost no online stores actually handle or ever see any credit or debit card data; it's all handled by secure server companies like Authorize.net and others. Second, in many cases accounts that were illegally debited are accounts for "spare" cards that have never been used to make a single purchase from anyone, anywhere.

Same as above - $0.12.  WHAT A SHAME TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CANCELLING AND REISSUEING OF A CARD!  That unfortunately, seems to be the only recourse...

Same as above.  I have been charged .16 cents.  I****ume this is a test to see what reaction they get for a bigger debit later.  Also if they have this many.  Most people won't do anything about a few cents so this may be the whole scam.

$.17 on a visa credit card. canceled my card :( http://www.trixiepixgraphics.com/misc/gfdl_fraud.html had some info on it

billed .13

The call is charged to my credit card. I called the number above listed as my charge, and that number is not in service. I never authorized that call.

$.15 was charged on my mastercard - My credit card company said not to worry since it was only $.15 ....they would credit it back...but no need to close account.   It still worries me that they have my number.

Same scenario - charge was .16 - on my debit card (Mastercard) GFDL 1-800-764-0847 TX- My bank notified me they had "hot-carded" my card since they viewed this as su****ious activity.

I had a $0.17 charge from these people on my USAA account.  I called the debit card department and they said that the charge wasn't drwan from either my nor my husband's card, but directly from our account somehow.  They said that cancelling our debit cards won't prevent this from happening a***n since they can directly access our account somehow.  Their accounts dept isn't open today, I need to call back in the morning.  I will try and post on update if there's any useful information.

A charge for 17 cents with this phone number showed up on my bank statement. When I called the number, the recording said the number is not in service. I never authorized such a charge.

the number charged me $0.19

i hadone of .12

found a 0.12 cent charge in my Mastercard statement, with this 800 number, was entered on the 13th of NOV.  Have canceled my card.

"11/17/2008GFDL, 800-764-0847, TXNC CHECKCARD TRANS.Debit$0.13"

found a 0.12 cent charge in my VISA statement, with this 800 number, was entered on the 13th of NOV.

I was charged .19 on my statement and then got a cll from my bank about my card number turning up on as possibly being compromised. That's when I went back to the .19 charge on my account and tried the 800-764-0847 number that Appeared on my statement along with GFDL-TXUS.

I was charged $.12 and one of my corporate cards was charged as well

I moved from Ca***a and have stopped using that credit card after paying my last statement.  I did not cancel yet, because I will receive a direct deposit on tax returns, and I need an easy way to spend the money later, and I can directly pay my card.I was just doing financial maintenance and double checking my accounts, and I found a $0.22 charge with this reference phone number (under "description" and "reference city").  Not only have I not been in Ca***a or the US in the last two months, but I have made no use of my credit card during that time for any reason.Here is my exact summary, with ****X over anything I think might relate to my account information.Transaction Date:      13/11 Post Date:     14/11 Transaction Amount:     0.22 Authorization Number:     ******************** Reference Number:     ******************** Description:     GFDL 8007640847 TX Original Post date:     N/A Original Reference Number:     N/A Statement Date:     N/A Merchant Name:     GFDL Merchant City:     8007640847 Merchant Category Group:     MISCELLANEOUS STORES Merchant Category Descripion:     ELECTRONICS SALES Obviously, someone must be getting our credit card numbers from some database, either by intentional misuse or poor security management and a leak/hack/theft.I do not wish to spread****ors, but merely try to corroborate evidence.  In the past, I've done some record shopping in Austin, TX, and also used my credit card at some other places in Austin for standard purchases (food, toys...).The only shady thing that sticks out in my mind is online record purchases from http://www.groove-entertainment.net/, which is based in Texas.  The first swapped my order to Ca***a with an order to England, and then sent me two identical al***s instead of two different ones.  A***n, I'm not accusing them of anything, but just trying to give information about my purchases in Texas.  Of course, any smart thief is going to be too clever to have the theft easily traceable back to themselves.  But there are plenty of ****** thieves, too.

I got this same charge on my back account, it was for $0.11 with the same GFDL 8007640847 TX, I had to dispute the charge at my bank, but because the charge was under $20 it will be handled internally (Credit Union).  They told me to watch my account daily and they will try to keep tabs on all GFDL charges coming through.  I looked this up on another website and they said, be careful becasue you might s**** seeing larger sums coming from your account fromt he same vendor.

Phone number on credit card statement for $0.17 charge - phone number not in service - scam

$.16 here. what is this? i hope someone figures it out

no phone call, just a $0.15 charge. Called number disconnected. Cancelled card. Had to pay $5 for a new one. What a pain. This should be stopped.

Unauthorised credit card charge for $0.17 with 800-764-0847 GFDL listed as vendor information.

Unauthorised credit card charge for $0.17 with vendor info GFDL 800-764-0847, TX 76112

This just happened to me today as well. Looks like some sort of fraud and folks should just cancel their cards. You may want to also alert the companies who track your credit (like Equifax) and put a red flag on your information. What a pain!

Had a charge of $0.19 taken from our check card. Thankfully bank disputed it for us and is sending new cards. What kind of ******nozzle steals 19 cents from people?

charged 11cents on my credit card. number no longer in service. canceled card per my credit card's advice after they searched online and saw this posted info from others.

Got a transaction with this "GFDL" for .17; called the number and it was disconnected.  Weird!

I also got this...just discovered on my bank statement today, not through phone call.  Said ATM transaction for .17 and I've questioned my bank.  May have called our home number but can't say for sure.  Don't usually answer unknown callers.

Thank you for your help!  I'll cancel my card.

charged my credit card $0.16 cents - scam, beware, cancel your card and replace.

Bank account debit'd 13 cents...called bank to cancel old debit card, issue new one.

11 cent charge on my debit card

Charged my bank account $.18 for no reason.

No phone call. Got charge 14 cents on my Visa. Called the number, said "no longer in service". I will dispute this. Will probably have to pay more to dispute it than the actual charge but it is the principle of the thing!

I just noticed my 13 Cent charge and called bank from previously having a fraud issue. Was given the # to call and find it's been disconnected. Just canceled card with bank...not taking any chances here! I am a visa check card holder through Wachovia and do most payments online and have a couple club memberships auto paid also. Unsure what system the scam artist would have hacked to get our info. Your only solution...TRUST me on this...is to cancel your card and have a new one shipped overnight.

Same happened to me! I had 12cents charge....Bank said it was prob a test charge to see if I'd notice! We've cancelled it!

its a scam you have to have your bank cancel your card and get you a new one. they got your account information, debit card, from somewhere so they have your information

No one called. A charge of 17 cents (!!) appeared on my Credit Card statement, with the 800-764-0847 with the company name (??) Gfdl next to it. Tried to call it and the taped message told me that :This number is not available at this time". My credit card froze my card and issued a new one for us!

I was also charged on my debit card for .19 with this number being listed. Are these other complaints from credit union customers?

I did call this number and it answered with a message giving me another 800 number to call for "live".  I will dispute it with my banmk even though it is only 19 cents but so****ing isn't right about this.

What is this because I got the exact same debit transaction as KG and KU for $.19.  Did anyone find out what it is?

I don't remember any phone call.  But checking my online banking saw a $.19 tranaction with description: "GFDL 8007640847 TX"

That happened to me too! Except mine was $.16 transaction. Same number and same text.

This number shows up on bank/credit card statements charging random amounts to thousands of diffrent accounts. If you see this number call your bank.

they charged my credit cart for $.17 and the phone number is disconnected

charged .15 to my VISA acct, unauthorized. SCAM

charge my card and listed this number.

I too received this charge on my credit card (U.S. Bank) for $0.18.800-764-0847 comes up in my bank statment.Obviously a scam hoping you won't care about such a small charge, but thousands of people will likely be charged. Please call your bank to dispute it, so we stop this (and hopefully find the people behind it).

I too received this charge on my credit card (U.S. Bank) for $0.18.800-764-0847 comes up in my bank statment.Obviously a scam hoping you won't care about such a small charge, but thousands of people will likely be charged. Please call your bank to dispute it, so we stop this (and hopefully find the people behind it).

A charge for $0.13 was on my bank statement from this number, when you call it says its not a working number. Had to cancel my bank card. There are many similar complaints from this #. Call you bank immediately!

A charge of 13 cents was on my checking account statment. Don't know who these people are and why this happened. I called the phone number and it was out of service.

Noticed the $.15 pre-authorization on my checking account on Thursday morning 11-13-08.  I called my bank and they immediately suggested canceling my debit card. The entry on my account was GFDL Fort Worth, TX with the 8007640847 phone number.  I called the number and got a voice mailbox. I hope someone goes to jail over this!

Got a debit charge for 14 cents.  I received a call telling me my credit card has suspected fradulent activity.  I called the number and then suddenly realized it may be a scam so I ***g up after 1 ring.  Then I received the charge on my bank account.   Who is this s*** ripping off all these people cents at a time?    Please trace this and arrest the sumbags.

Debit Card charge for $.16 with this number as reference.  Disconnected.  Charge never authorized.  Sounds like a lot of people experiencing this

Debit charge for $.12.  No idea what it is for.

Found $.13 debit transaction in my bank statement with the text "TX GFDL".

took out money from my account

This is quite the su****ious number. It appeared on my bank statement along with a debit for $0.11 that I did not authorize. "TXUS" is also used in connection with the number, making it appear that this number or whomever is using it is either in or using Texas for an address.My bank will be contacted ASAP.

I HAVE A $9.07 CHARGE TAKEN OUT OF MY BANK ACCOUNT FROM THIS PHONE NUMBER.WHEN I TRIED TO CALL IT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AN AUTOMATED VOICEMAIL SYSTEM CAME ON STATING THEY COULDN'T TAKE MY CALL RIGHT NOW AND TO LEAVE A MESSAGE...NO NAME,NO BUSINESS..NOTHING!!!IT WAS TAKEN OUT ON A DATE WHEN I HAVEN'T EVEN USED MY DEBIT CARD.