Fraudulent transaction paid to CHATGPT Subscription

worldvoucher

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Saw a Tiktok post today that some people are getting fraudulent transactions on their DBS/UOB accounts being charged with a CHATGPT SUBSCRIPTION debit of about $26-$27, some even multiple times despite never having signed up or used CHATGPT before. It seemed pretty viral, so I went to check my DBS account and to my shock, I found a pending transaction to CHATGPT that deducted $26.61 from my debit account that I have NEVER used online for ANY transactions (only for savings). I have also NEVER downloaded any ChatGPT related apps or plugins, so I am extremely puzzled how my card information got leaked. I immediately blocked the affected card and called in DBS to report it.

I went to search a bit and it seems that it's a global issue - https://community.openai.com/t/my-card-was-used-for-chatgpt-subscription-payment-fraud/172663/22. It is likely that the charge is NOT from CHATGPT (but another fraud account masquerading as such), but it was weird why I didn't receive any 2FA message from the bank to authorize this transaction.

Anyway, just a PSA to check your bank account statements if you have any pending/settled suspicious transactions. Seems to be a recent thing that has been happening to users around the world for the past 2 weeks.

Update: Fraudulent transactions seems to be happening for Visa debit card holders. If you are holding one, please check your account closely for any suspicious transactions
 
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Saw a Tiktok post today that some people are getting fraudulent transactions on their DBS/UOB accounts being charged with a CHATGPT SUBSCRIPTION debit of about $26-$27, some even multiple times despite never having signed up or used CHATGPT before. It seemed pretty viral, so I went to check my DBS account and to my shock, I found a pending transaction to CHATGPT that deducted $26.61 from my debit account that I have NEVER used online for ANY transactions (only for savings). I have also NEVER downloaded any ChatGPT related apps or plugins, so I am extremely puzzled how my card information got leaked. I immediately blocked the affected card and called in DBS to report it.

I went to search a bit and it seems that it's a global issue - https://community.openai.com/t/my-card-was-used-for-chatgpt-subscription-payment-fraud/172663/22. It is likely that the charge is NOT from CHATGPT (but another fraud account masquerading as such), but it was weird why I didn't receive any 2FA message from the bank to authorize this transaction.

Anyway, just a PSA to check your bank account statements if you have any pending/settled suspicious transactions. Seems to be a recent thing that has been happening to users around the world for the past 2 weeks.
wtf... piyush pls fix
 

eggie011

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Wah like that also can. Just checked mine, I'm safe for now.
 

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Saw a Tiktok post today that some people are getting fraudulent transactions on their DBS/UOB accounts being charged with a CHATGPT SUBSCRIPTION debit of about $26-$27, some even multiple times despite never having signed up or used CHATGPT before. It seemed pretty viral, so I went to check my DBS account and to my shock, I found a pending transaction to CHATGPT that deducted $26.61 from my debit account that I have NEVER used online for ANY transactions (only for savings). I have also NEVER downloaded any ChatGPT related apps or plugins, so I am extremely puzzled how my card information got leaked. I immediately blocked the affected card and called in DBS to report it.

I went to search a bit and it seems that it's a global issue - https://community.openai.com/t/my-card-was-used-for-chatgpt-subscription-payment-fraud/172663/22. It is likely that the charge is NOT from CHATGPT (but another fraud account masquerading as such), but it was weird why I didn't receive any 2FA message from the bank to authorize this transaction.

Anyway, just a PSA to check your bank account statements if you have any pending/settled suspicious transactions. Seems to be a recent thing that has been happening to users around the world for the past 2 weeks.
I got that charge, had to call bank and cancel card
 

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Saw a Tiktok post today that some people are getting fraudulent transactions on their DBS/UOB accounts being charged with a CHATGPT SUBSCRIPTION debit of about $26-$27, some even multiple times despite never having signed up or used CHATGPT before. It seemed pretty viral, so I went to check my DBS account and to my shock, I found a pending transaction to CHATGPT that deducted $26.61 from my debit account that I have NEVER used online for ANY transactions (only for savings). I have also NEVER downloaded any ChatGPT related apps or plugins, so I am extremely puzzled how my card information got leaked. I immediately blocked the affected card and called in DBS to report it.

I went to search a bit and it seems that it's a global issue - https://community.openai.com/t/my-card-was-used-for-chatgpt-subscription-payment-fraud/172663/22. It is likely that the charge is NOT from CHATGPT (but another fraud account masquerading as such), but it was weird why I didn't receive any 2FA message from the bank to authorize this transaction.

Anyway, just a PSA to check your bank account statements if you have any pending/settled suspicious transactions. Seems to be a recent thing that has been happening to users around the world for the past 2 weeks.

wah very easy to kena?
 

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Lately Facebook has alot of fake ads from pretending to be from ChatGPT and Google Bard. I clicked on one of them, then they ask for personal info, I knew something not right,
 

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Lately Facebook has alot of fake ads from pretending to be from ChatGPT and Google Bard. I clicked on one of them, then they ask for personal info, I knew something not right,

too many malicious ads
and many are riding on FB
alot of ppl think from FB means FB got check and is safe
 

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I got that charge, had to call bank and cancel card

I'm glad that I managed to stop a fraudulent transaction from happening! It seems more widespread than I originally thought.

This is incredibly weird because I have never keyed in the details for this card in any of my transactions, so it cannot be a case of a phishing site or malware.
 

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Saw a Tiktok post today that some people are getting fraudulent transactions on their DBS/UOB accounts being charged with a CHATGPT SUBSCRIPTION debit of about $26-$27, some even multiple times despite never having signed up or used CHATGPT before. It seemed pretty viral, so I went to check my DBS account and to my shock, I found a pending transaction to CHATGPT that deducted $26.61 from my debit account that I have NEVER used online for ANY transactions (only for savings). I have also NEVER downloaded any ChatGPT related apps or plugins, so I am extremely puzzled how my card information got leaked. I immediately blocked the affected card and called in DBS to report it.

I went to search a bit and it seems that it's a global issue - https://community.openai.com/t/my-card-was-used-for-chatgpt-subscription-payment-fraud/172663/22. It is likely that the charge is NOT from CHATGPT (but another fraud account masquerading as such), but it was weird why I didn't receive any 2FA message from the bank to authorize this transaction.

Anyway, just a PSA to check your bank account statements if you have any pending/settled suspicious transactions. Seems to be a recent thing that has been happening to users around the world for the past 2 weeks.
I got that charge, had to call bank and cancel card
Only POSB and DBS cards affected?
 

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what era liao, still use debit card

$ gone means gone lei

i cancel or set limit to $0 for all debit card transaction
 

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Yes, can confirm that it is a global issue - can read more at here where people are getting charged multiple times by this ChatGPT subscription despite never signing up or using any of their services. I believe that there is some very sophisticated attack going on here, so please check your bank accounts in the coming days!

For the record, it is very unlikely to be a case of falling for a phishing site because the outreach of this attack is on a global scale

 
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