Hi guys,
So I signed up for St George account to churn their $40 offer on $160 spend. I put in my card in my Samsung Pay, and been using it for grocery shopping.
Today I noticed that there's $35 direct debit from "Rfds Direct Debi". When I google the merchant, they look like some flying doctors that accept donations.
I never signed up for any donations, never received a call, clicked on any link from bank etc. I called the bank and they said it was done through direct debit and you should call them to ask.
I have emailed them, but just wondering how it was done without my authorization. No one would know about this bank account details, not even me. If I had given it out to someone, i'd definitely remember it. St George customer support is really bad when I called them this morning.
Do I have any hope of getting this back and how can I avoid it in the future?
Lesson learnt for now: Never bank with St George!
Royal Flying Doctors Services is a legit charity, have you maybe given a donation via one of those charity muggers at a shopping centre or whatever?
Otherwise, they're obligated to give you a tax invoice for the donation above $2 so they should have the email on file for the receipt plus details if you're in contact with them and share the last 4 digits of your card.
I'd say it could be a compromised card too, but weird for it to be a donation.