Ordering Oversize Permits? Check your cc bill for scams.

What permit company did you use that led up to this?

 

In a world where most banks only allow you 30 days to file a dispute. Out here anyways. Not a good idea to wait for paper billing. And with everyone trying to do paperless billing.

I know at 8 o clock in the morning, every morning, if something is wrong.

 

I use WCS for all my California state county and city permits, I order a ton of them every month. I have never had an issue with billing from them and I balance every expenditure every month.

 

I am not associated with these guys in any way but having had several credit card Merchant accounts in the past I want to ask, Did you also get a charge from WCS on your account? sometimes companies will be "DBA"
Also they may just be Authorizations and not actual Sales
I have had this occur sometimes when people have had to try the transaction more than once when some of there information is different to what your bank has on file.
2 things happen when you use a CC online, first the money is cleared with your bank and a hold put on the amount, there there is a AVS (address verification system) check and then finaly the companies (WCS) processor approves the transaction. If any of your information is incorrect or slightly different to what your bank has on file sometimes the processor will not approve the transaction yet you still will have the hold on your funds that shows in your bank account until it is either released or a sale goes through.
If they are only Authorizations one will go away (depending on your bank) within 3-7 days and the other will be a completed sale.
That is only if the above is the case, and it's a pretty common thing.

 

So the scam was not a scam........ except getting hosed paying for a background check for a CC license?