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« on: May 13, 2008, 08:56:11 pm » |
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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.
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« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2008, 09:57:10 am » |
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Hegar, Glad to hear they are keeping an eye out. If you were poor like me, and had no credit cards, you would not have to worry about credit fraud  |
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Never get too busy making a living that you forget to make a life.
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slimpickins
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« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2008, 11:58:56 am » |
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 I'm with ya on that one Chris. Maybe being broke does have it's benefits.
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mley1
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« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2008, 07:56:10 pm » |
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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. |
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God bless and good hunting,
Marty Ley
Santa Fe, TX
NAHC Life Member
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madshark
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« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2008, 07:11:47 am » |
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Lawrence,
At least they contacted you. Someone got my CC info. last weekend and bought plain tickets on Air Asia in Thailand and Malaysia. I didn't see it until I was balancing my account a couple of days ago. Cancelled the card and the charges keep coming. Now I get to wait for the Banco de Amerika folks to finish their fraud investigation.
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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2008, 02:06:12 pm » |
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I got one of those calls once. Citibank called & said someone in MOntrose, Colorado was trying to charge hotel room bills on my card. Fortuantely, it was me. But, I was amazed that they called me so quickly, I bet it was within an hour of my payment to the hotel. |
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