Just after noon today, I received a notification from Revolut that the amount of €6.29 had been taken from my account by a company called Bolt Food, allegedly located in the South. I knew immediately that it was a fraudulent transaction, blocked the company and reported it as such to Revolut requesting a refund (chargeback). This involved cancelling the card, luckily it was a virtual card associated with my Google wallet so doesn't involve reordering a physical card. Whilst I was sorting it out another attempt by a company called foodpanda was made, this time for €14.35, it was declined as the card had been frozen/terminated. Shortly afterwards I received the refund from Revolut for the fraudulent transaction.
This happened just over a week after I had used the card via Google pay whilst on holiday in Turkey , I haven't been in South Cyprus over 3 years. Coincidentally, I had a similar problem last year after a holiday in USA, an attempt was made to charge a dollar amount on the virtual card I used there.
I was very impressed by the speed at which Revolut refunded the money. I will now get into the habit of cancelling a virtual card used abroad on holiday and creating a new one when I return home
