How did j2 get my number?

From: djin (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 09/30/05 

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 22:59:41 GMT

I found a questionable charge on my credit card statement - from a "J2
Efax Plus Service" that I'd never heard of before. I called up the credit
card company and they said they didn't know what it was and to call J2
using the phone number on the credit card (long distance of course) next
to the listing for J2. After calling J2 it became obvious that it was not
some place like Kagi or Paypal that might be charging me for a purchase
I'd made from another company. Instead it was some sort of email faxing
service - something I have no use for and would never have ordered. I
cancelled the credit card, thinking it had been compromised and being
advised by both J2 and the credit card company to get a new card. The only
other possibly fraudulent charge was one the credit card company said was
from a bookstore and had been made today, when I hadn't used my credit
card today. But it later occurred to me that it might have been something
I'd ordered from Amazon, which had been delayed until today. (Amazon said
it was too late to change the payment method for that order, which means...).

So the only charge I know is bad is from J2. If my credit card number was
stolen, why would the thief buy only a $25.90 efax service instead of a
big screen TV or something? I'm left wondering if J2 itself is the thief,
whether they might be partnering with another company and have access to
the other company's customer accounts and sales records. Any ideas on this?

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