Comments on: Frustrations en masse

By: K

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:21:26 +0000

It’s been known for crooks to use that donation site, and others, to test a card number they have obtained frauduently. It has nothing to do specifically with the company itself, but the crooks who decide to use t.

By: Litigator

Litigator — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:02:50 +0000

Islamic Relief has a history of obtaining credit card numbers via fraudulent channels, then, charging the cards, with the hope that it will go un-noticed by the card holder. A simple google search shows substantial fraudulent activity. I just experienced two fraudulent charges and had to cancel the credit card. I called to resolve the issue with the company & to have the charges reversed. They were very defensive and would only transfer me to a voice mail with no message system. I am filing the police report today.

By: huda

huda — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:26:02 +0000

Visa got back to me, and they said blocking accounts is not in their purview, so it had to have been Wachovia. And the next day when I caved and made my IRW donation by phone, they said possibly their system was down, so… I don’t know. It may have entirely been IRW’s fault, which is somewhat ridiculous considering the last few days of Ramadan are prime for zakat donation.

Anyway, thanks for all the helpful responses!!

By: Asma

Asma — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:49:01 +0000

Some good legal places to contribute:
IQRA: they write, develop and publish all the curriculum books that you and your brothers were educated on at the ISA
Kashmiri american Council: totally legal, helping the masses via UN and legal methods
Islamic Schools league of Americas: coodinating the islamic educational process in the USA
Hidaya Foundation
Gulf medical (local i.e. in the USA and middleeast)
IMANA (medical rural projects)
MECA (middle eastern Childrens Alliance)
Ask me for addresses if you decide to go with any of the above.
These are all vetted for legal status, with minimum overhead.
Happy contributing times!

By: Sadia

Sadia — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:01:22 +0000

That’s outrageous!!! I agree, Islamic Relief might reconsider their stance on AmEx when they find out Visa’s being discriminatory! I’m going to forward you an e-mail on some of the charities that others are donating to.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:51:30 +0000

Honestly, I had been a Wachovia customer for over ten years before the recent move pushed me out of their service region. I never had a problem talking to them, nor did I feel that they “walked over-ya” to poorly quote the phrase bandied about Georgia Tech.

I’m glad you had a good experience with them even if the circumstance and the outcome was poor.

Realistically though, you do need to get another credit card. Mastercard and Visa are a defacto monopoly and employ shameful practices keeping cards like Discover and American Express out of businesses and websites, but probably one of them is accepted everywhere.

I can’t imagine you’d have much problem getting one or both types of cards without having a major impact on your credit score. Especially as it raises your overall credit limit. Just make a charge or two on the new card per month and pay it off each month and any dip in your score should rebound fairly quickly

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:12:59 +0000

Try calling the charity – they may be interested to know that a credit card company to whom they have been paying processing fees considers them a fraud.