empirestyle.net Saw my bank account online today and there was a $425.80 charge to my account with a notation of Empirestyle.net. I did not purchase a thing online nor did my husband. As 2 other reports note, scam We have been scammed by Empirestyle.net, whatever this is we do not know?? Not fair for a working household to just get by...now I have to work to get this $$ back! Internet

It's very possible, and much more likely that your credit/debit card number was stolen and used.

A similar thing happened to me about two months ago, but our bank's fraud department caught it as something odd as there was one charge for gasoline at a CA station and another $250 charge from a sporting goods store (that also has an online store) in Ontario.

In both cases, the fault was not with the businesses in question, but with the fact that someone had managed to get a hold of our card number and tried to use it.

Even if you're careful not to use your cards online, if you use them at all for things like eating out, bill paying (even in person) or at retail stores, there is a chance that someone put a skimmer on the card reader or that an employee stole the numbers for their own use.

If I were in your place, I'd be more upset with the bank not taking your allegation of credit card fraud more seriously and immediately closing that account, reissuing you new cards, and reversing the charge.

Honestly, I find it very, very unlikely that the company mentioned in this report is responsible; it sounds like your CC number was stolen and used, which isn't empirestyle.com's fault.