URGENT - Possible Scam "PTI Europe Region" on bank statement

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

If you tracked what you spent by keeping the receipts and checking them against the bill you would know if its a dodgy transaction of not.

[Stellavision]

I purchased over £500 worth of stuff from Amazon yesterday but have been creditied £400 by PTI Europe. I can live with this scam too.
It is a little worrying though. I'm sat wondering what is going to happen next, but I don't want to call my bank and complain that someone has put extra cash in my account!

[Jon T]

Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy

If you tracked what you spent by keeping the receipts and checking them against the bill you would know if its a dodgy transaction of not.

and how does that work when you buy stuff online? Most websites will give you the option to print out the order, but not all.

[joglynne]

Originally Posted by Jon T

and how does that work when you buy stuff online? Most websites will give you the option to print out the order, but not all.

Where there's no option to take a copy of the order I just I just do a simple copy/paste into Word and save it with my other banking docs. Other that that ,if I'm being really paranoid about a purchase, I save a screen print.

Originally Posted by joglynne

Where there's no option to take a copy of the order I just I just do a simple copy/paste into Word and save it with my other banking docs. Other that that ,if I'm being really paranoid about a purchase, I save a screen print.

I just print it to a PDF or XPS document and save it like that!

[joglynne]

Originally Posted by LSainsbury

I just print it to a PDF or XPS document and save it like that!

I would probably do that, well maybe, if I knew how or understood techy talk.

[johnnyposs]

I have had £50 debited then credited on the 22nd of this month???

[webcrawler2050]

Amazon and other companies may have just outsourced there payment gateways and payment stuff - Maybe this helps#


http://www.ptieurope.com/about/index.html

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http://www.ptieurope.com/products/soft/index.html <--- Seems to be the one of interest

Why are people so quick to jump to conclusions - maybe if you rang them FIRST you would know exactly what they do - Or try Ringing Amazon - It's really not that hard to be honest!

[Delta Whiskey]

Originally Posted by joglynne

I would probably do that, well maybe, if I knew how or understood techy talk.

I installed CutePDF as a printer driver and use it to 'print' website receipts.

http://www.cutepdf.com/
http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

[brown2201]

the thing is I didn't spent or buy anything of that amount.

[joglynne]

Originally Posted by Delta Whiskey

I installed CutePDF as a printer driver and use it to 'print' website receipts.

http://www.cutepdf.com/
http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

Thanks for the link DW. I'll have a go and see how I get on.

[AntiSilence]

Originally Posted by ej0610

and My fave VistaPrint.com .... I

Hmmm... We use VistaPrint for our business materials. I'll have a look at our business account statement and see if it's there.

---------- Post added at 23:41 ---------- Previous post was at 23:41 ----------

Originally Posted by joglynne

Thanks for the link DW. I'll have a go and see how I get on.

I use CutePDF as well. Recommended.

[Delta Whiskey]

Checked my statement just now, the payments were refunded by PTI yesterday and taken by Amazon.co.uk this morning. Hopefully that's the end of the matter.

Originally Posted by webcrawler2050

Why are people so quick to jump to conclusions - maybe if you rang them FIRST you would know exactly what they do - Or try Ringing Amazon - It's really not that hard to be honest!

Seeing as this is your first reply mate, you've no doubt had chance to check it out...

When I first posted the link there were only a handful of hits from Google - now there's quite a few more.

And it you had read the thread you will find it it's not only Amazon - it's a number of companies that have been affected - my partners transaction wasn't an Amazon transaction.

I said to her about 15 mins after we found the problem (and after she had already spoken to Lloyds) that it was probably payments made with an incorrect reference, so my hunch was correct although at the time we had very little evidence.

[Stellavision]

My £400 credit from PTI Europe has now been debited by Amazon.