Vesta * AT&T AT&T GoPhone Repeated unauthorized charges on my credit card Internet 

What appears to be a quarterly charge on my credit card is an unauthorized, fraudulent charge for services not rendered by "Vesta". I called the phone number listed on the statement next to the Vesta charge several times and was put on hold for a long time every time I tried until the connection was eventually dropped. I checked the internet to discover more about "Vesta AT&T", and soon found several entries about others' run-ins with Vesta over their fraudulent GoPhone bills.

I contacted my credit card company and received a temporary credit, pending investigation. The next month, the charge from "Vesta AT&T" was back on my statement, so I called my credit card company again. They initiated a fraud investigation which is still underway. They have determined that any charge from Vesta amounting from 1 cent to $100 will not be allowed to show up on my statement. I do not know how Vesta was able to charge my credit card in the first place; whenever I dealt with AT&T it was not with authorization for an autopay from my credit card!  What in the heck is "Vesta" anyway?!

Some years ago, I had an AT&T Go Phone, the pay-ahead for minutes variety. There has been no activity on that phone and no "minutes" purchased for several years, and at no time did I ever set up a recurring payment. I would buy a certain number of minutes whenever I needed them, which was rare because I'm not much of a phone person anyway.

If my current credit card company is unable to get to the bottom of this, I will cancel that card and use another credit card company when I make purchases. Perhaps I should have several cards and give a different credit card number every time I go online for purchases of any kind? 

What a bother!