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S Viemeister[_2_] S Viemeister[_2_] is offline
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Default OT Eternal September

On 7/30/2014 2:47 PM, wrote:
> I hope I don't tempt fate by saying I have never had any problems and
> hold several credit cards, I am just sensible with them. If something
> happens these days, like it did with you, the system pretty quickly
> picks up on it not being your usual spending and checks. A friend did
> not even know her card had been stolen, until the bank called her,
> only about ten minutes after it had been stolen. The idiot was trying
> to buy a stereo system, not her sort of expense.
>

I can happen even if you're careful.
My husband's American Express card was cloned (we believe at a Costco
gas pump), and used to buy massive amounts of fuel in Texas - on the
same day that he bought his usual amount of gas at his usual place in
NJ. It took months to get it sorted out.