Beware of this Scam! (APPLEPAY contactless purchases)
NOTE - I have Never been registered with Applepay!!
Someone calls in to MBNA and says the card is lost, after registering it with Applepay
They issue a new card by mail, which takes up to a week to get to you
* I was not aware it had been cancelled until I tried to make a purchase*
In the meantime MBNA issue the NEW card number to the APPLEPAY account (This is BEFORE you get the card)
The scammer who has got your card number and all your details by hacking a website then starts to spend on it - there are no limits on the value of purchases.
I was, of course, had the purchases refunded (£950 in 3 days)
What angers me is that MBNA make you sin into the website with 'memorable information'
BUT letters/numbers from this were NOT asked for during the call to MBNA,by the scammer
All this could have been avoided if this had been done
It is obvious to me that there are some in customer support that need re-training.
Hope this helps others avoid what happened to me
Reviewed on: 7th November 2019
