We were charged in 2009 by "Real Estate Promoter" (out of NV or UT) after canceling our free trial with www.realtytrac.com. Charges appeared as:
"801-705-5325repromoter las vegas nv pos usd 44"
As well as:
"8017055325 rep00 of 00 801-7055325 ut pos usd 44"
Realty Trac it seems sold our CC # and data to this third party! For several months Real Estate Promoter had been charging us $44 and then just stopped. The charges went unnoticed as our card is from Germany and is never used so we rarely check the statement. I know, my bad!
In March we noticed monthly charges for $35.95 going back to January. Charges appeared as:
"re magic dover de pos usd 35"
As we were traveling at the time we were more aware of all activity on that account. We notified our bank, canceled the card and their fraud department in currently investigating the transactions. It was not until this latest event however that I went back through all the old statements and was able to piece it all together. Charges dating back as far as 2009!
What seems to have happened is that "Real Estate Promoter" had our data, charged us for several months and then either went underground for some amount of time, reemerged with a new name or sold the data to a new party called "Real Estate Magic." So now they are back at it in a new state (Delaware) and under a new name—but with all those consumer CC numbers still in hand.
We have also been told to notify Delaware Attorney General about this company and their fraudulent practices. They can't act unless they know about this.
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