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#298812 18-Jul-2022 23:26
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Hi,

Just trying to figure out how a recurring charge is happening after the bank has cancelled the original credit card and replaced it.

In May we noticed a charge labelled as MS Ultimate 1 Month showing up against my wife's card, unusual as my ultimate subscription is paid a few years in advance. No subscriptions show against her Microsoft account, double checked the kids accounts as well just in case. Not even any payment methods setup against any of them. I.e. all MS services are managed via my account and card.

Even on a call with Microsoft fraud team they couldn't find the transaction on their end against her MS account or Credit Card.
The bank were good in opening a dispute on the original transaction and replacing the card. Now we've found the charge recurring against the new card. The bank have asked her to disconnect the card from Google pay (not sure how that will help) and to wait a month to see if it happens again.

Any ideas on how this would happen?

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  #2943577 18-Jul-2022 23:29
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Do you have Android phones?

Go to https://pay.google.com/gp/w/home/subscriptions and services and see if there is anything there.




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  #2943586 19-Jul-2022 08:17
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I can confirm there are no subscriptions in google pay either, last one in there was Google music a year ago.

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  #2943588 19-Jul-2022 08:21
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So that excludes Google.




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  #2943645 19-Jul-2022 08:49
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Most banks now support VAU which means unless if you mention it, trusted merchants like Microsoft will transfer their billing to your new card: https://developer.visa.com/use-cases/identify-merchants-receiving-automatic-card-updates.

I could take a punt in guessing your bank is ANZ? If so you need to talk to their fraud team about manually removing the VAU links.




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michaelmurfy: Most banks now support VAU which means unless if you mention it, trusted merchants like Microsoft will transfer their billing to your new card: https://developer.visa.com/use-cases/identify-merchants-receiving-automatic-card-updates.

I could take a punt in guessing your bank is ANZ? If so you need to talk to their fraud team about manually removing the VAU links.

 

Pretty sure there was another thread on the same thing ( M/Soft recurring billing to a  brand new card)  a few months back too 


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  #2943653 19-Jul-2022 09:07
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@michaelmurfy your guess would be correct. I would have hoped one of the 5-6 people at the bank would have mentioned something like that.

I'll mention the VAU links directly and see if something can be done.

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