Well you're doing more than I do, Jim. I check mine once a month when the
statement arrives. In my experience the credit card companies have gotten
pretty good at picking up fraudulent charges. Last year, after dinner one
night, I went up to the register to pay my bill and when the cashier swiped
my card a message came up on the screen telling card holder to call an
(800) number (toll-free long distance on this side of the pond). I called
immediately to what turned out to be Visa Security. They asked if I had
purchased $900 worth of items from a golf shop in Phoenix about two hours
ago. Since I had charged something in SC about an hour before then, their
computers automatically deactivated my card. To make a long story longer
(but more interesting), the lady on the line told me they were sure the
number was compromised, i.e. stolen, at a business on the island where I
live, but they would not give me the name of the business. About a week
later I saw an article in the island newspaper about a number of people on
the island all having their card numbers stolen the previous week. The
article gave the name of a local detective to call if you had experienced a
theft of your card number. I called his cell immediately and told him that
Visa knew the name of the business where the cards # were stolen but
wouldn't tell me. His reply, "They won't tell me either. I have to present
myself with a warrant in hand at their call center in North Dakota to get
the information. We don't have the budget for that. Unbelievable.
Charlie
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I normally check charges to my major credit card a couple of times a week.
> Last evening, I discovered two fraudulent charges totaling well over $1000
> that had appeared since Saturday. Today, I reported this, cancelled the
> card, and officially disputed the charges. The funds have been restored.
>
> I mention this as a word of caution to others. There are a lot of clever,
> bad people out there. :-(
>
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> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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