Capital One Credit Card Complaint

Capital One Credit card department,

Identity theft / Fraud / Embezzlement Texas

On - -, I received an email from Kohl 's, alerting me that my contact email address had been changed. There was a contact number where I could call if this was not a request I had initiated. I called, but what followed was over two hours of phone trees, endless hold times, and conversations to others who ultimately insisted I ignore it and that everything was fine. At one point, the gentleman who answered the call ( in another department ) could n't even verify that the address had been changed. I finally got to someone who informed me that a $45.00 charge had been placed against my card, which I most definitely did not initiate, and it became evident to me that my account had been hacked and my privacy & identity had been compromised ( this was after the conversation with the man who had actually advised that I ignore the situation altogether ). Yet again, I tried to call - this time their Fraud department - but yet again, nobody was answering calls. I was unable to log in to the account online to dispute the charge, since


I was quite flustered, so I went up to an actual store location to simply close the card, in order to keep the fraudulent charges from coming in. Incredibly, at the store location itself, I was informed that I 'd have to call the corporate office to do so, which boggles my mind - the account can be opened at the store, so why ca n't it be closed there, as well? At the end of this entire 3 hour fiasco, which now included a trip to a physical location, I have finally been able to successfully close my card, but I still have n't been able to contact anyone about the fraudulent charge, nor do I have any idea how many other fraudulent charges may be forthcoming, nor do I know the extent to which this possible case of identity theft has been extended.