On 2/22/2013 7:05 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 2/22/2013 5:41 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> your statements for fraudulent charges. I've had it happen to
>> me and the charges are removed from your balance, pronto.
>>
>
> Not necessarily 'pronto'!
>
> It took us _months_ to sort out false charges on our American Express
> card, even though it was fairly obvious that my husband couldn't have
> made gasoline purchases in both New Jersey and Texas within an hour of
> each other - and the fake purchases in Texas were apparently for large
> commercial vehicles, while the NJ charges were within his usual pattern
> at the time.
>
> Months, it took!!!

Wow, American Express removed mine right away. Even so, you do not
have to pay charges that are in dispute until it's settled.

nancy