A Bakersfield woman wants the crooks caught after they stole her credit card information and put about $2,000 worth of charges on her account. Police have surveillance video of one transaction, and said the suspects are wanted in other, similar crimes.

The victim managed to spot the bogus charges pretty quickly, but she contacted Eyewitness News hoping to get answers and help to get the criminals caught.

In the surveillance video from one store, two men are seen at the counter. One hands the clerk what looks like a credit card.

The victim, "Alishia," didn't want her full name used. She said she was baffled when she saw the fraudulent charges on her account. "I was trying to figure how they actually did that -- I mean, if I still had the physical card myself," she said. "Trying to think like a criminal, how did they get the number? And how did they do that?"

Bakersfield Police Sgt. Greg Terry said detectives have a pretty good idea what happens in cases like this. The men probably had a credit card, but they put Alishia's account information on the black strip on the back.

"They re-encode an actual credit card," Sgt. Terry told Eyewitness News. "And so when the transaction gets conducted the identification presented matches up, but it gets charged to another person's account."

In a matter of a few days, the suspects used Alishia's credit card information on their card at nine stores, and they were refused seven times. Police say the criminals probably got the credit card number from someone at a business where Alishia had used her card.

Alishia said her bank refunded the charges, and she got a new card. But she's worried about other victims who could find their credit card information stolen, and she wants the suspects found.

"They just kept using it and having a field day with my card till the money ran out," Alishia said. "I just want the guy who did it to pay for it."

Bakersfield police also want the public's help in finding the suspects. Anyone with information can call 327-7111.

Sgt. Greg Terry said there are some things people can do to protect themselves from credit information theft. "Check with your bank daily, watch for these transactions. So, if something happens, if frauds start occurring -- you're alerted right away and can put a stop to it."