Bad luck, Jim.
I had a similar experience last year, and my bank (the Co-operative Bank)
recognised suspicious activity and rang me: did I use this computer shop
online; did I go to this cinema; had I shopped in Malaya recently etc ... ?
They stopped the account and issued a new card. I reckoned that the skimming
happened in a petrol station that I use sometimes.
The good thing is that the bank spotted suspicious activity well before I had a
chance to check my statements; but the Co-op is one of the very few banks that
I admire: it trades ethically and has no shareholders. I refuse to use most of
the high-street banks, Dutch retail banks and anything bank-related based in
the USA (Capital One and MBNA have a major credit card presence in the UK). In
fact, since Barclays (in the UK) has just taken over Standard Life Bank, I
shall soon be removing my custom from the latter.
Chris
On 6 Apr 2010, at 23:16, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Just a heads-up. I received a call this morning from the card service agency
> that processes my Visa charges, asking me to review some recent charges to
> establish their legitimacy. They had noted a charge that raised a flag, but
> I don't know how they detected it.
>
> It turns out that, over the weekend, someone got my card number and made a
> fraudulent charge to the account, for the amount of $385.01. I suspect it
> resulted from my use of the card with internet merchants, though I also use
> it around town.
>
> I have canceled the card and initiated actions to remove the charge from my
> account. This is my first encounter with this type of thing, though I knew
> that it is not too uncommon.
>
> Keep an eye on those accounts!
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