Got a call about an hour ago from the Chase Mastercard fraud protection program and they asked me if I was in the country and I said yes. So they proceeded to tell me that someone had tried to use my card in Sydney, Australia to purchase airline tickets for $1450. It made me feel good that my credit card company was on top of there game like that. Because whoever tried to use it had just tried a few hours ago, so Chase was really on top of things. Made me feel like that guy in the Chase commercial who was acting like he was James Bond figuring out who was using his card. It really was just like that. Thought I would share. Be careful out there.
This begs the question of how did this person get your credit card information to be able to use it in Australia. Also, did you give any personal information to the person on the phone? I don't want to alarm you. But, there are folks who make these types of calls fishing for information they can use to commit fraudulent purchases. If you gave them any personal information you should be very cautious and put fraud alerts with the three credit reporting agencies. That way if a request for credit is made in your name you will be notified legitimately.
