Russian hackers!
Spotted this random charge on my credit card so I called the number listed 323-284-5126 (note 323 is a downtown Los Angeles prefix) and their answering message was a woman with a very thick accent, difficult to understand.
Since I don't own a bike this is a bad sign (i.E. Someone must have my credit card number, most likely they don't have my secret code on the back or they would have already charged the card for a lot of money).
Apparently this glanceride.Co website doesn't strictly validate purchases or it's a criminal front (the crappy UI, no product reviews, no "about us"...)
Following the second train of thought, ping glanceride.Co = 92.38.199.150,
Http://www.maxmind.com/app/locate_demo_ip
92.38.199.150 = RU Russian Federation 60.0000 100.0000 Digital Networks CJSC Hosting and Colocation Services
(That ip address = s6. Cishost.Ru = cheap russian web hosting)
Http://my.Co/whois.php? Domain=glanceride.Co
Interestingly "Debra Rosenbaum" with Gandi SAS seems to have Name Servers in Russia...
NS1. Cishost.RU
NS2. Cishost.RU
I cancelled the credit card and filed a statement of fraud.
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