I know some of you like puzzles, here is a fun one for you today! And welcome to February.
Well a friend just told me that her credit card was recently compromised. She found out when one of the retailers called her for credit card verification. Fortunately the retailer suspected something and did not process the over 500 dollars charge. However there was another charge for a couple of thousand dollars that slipped through from the week before. The scary part is that my friend uses that card infrequently and has no idea how this could have happened. My other friend S says she should track down where she made her last purchase on that card and inform the establishment of the occurrence. It is a good suggestion.
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Yes, we need to be careful with credit cards! Will look at the puzzle later when I am more awake. Have a good, new week and month, hugs, Valerie
I've had mine cancelled a few times. Luckily it was the card company that noticed aberrations before they hit my account.
Finding "chaos" didn't take as long as I thought it would. I'm sorry to hear your friend got her credit card compromised like that. I think she can get the charges cancelled but I'm not sure.
That's awful. Something similar happened to hubby's credit card. Fortunately, the charges were reversed and he does not have to pay.
Mark the charges are usually reversed so my friend is ok.
We really need to be on top of safeguarding our financial information.
That is awful about your friend. We are all potential victims to such things. I just recently had to change my MasterCard because of a fraud charge of almost $300. I have no idea how such a thing happened but there it is. At least the charges were reversed and it didn't cost me anything!
This is the reason I rather use a credit card than a debit card. I don't know about countries other than the US. Here the liability limit is $50. That is not typically applied. The debit card doesn't have that feature but most banks will cover the theft if a police report is filed. My wife had her wallet taken not long ago. We also put a freeze on the credit at one of the credit reporting agencies. It helps prevent ID theft later on.
Hope she managed to stop her card in time!
I enjoyed the puzzle, thank you. It's awful when that happens, I hope it gets taken care of smoothly.
Thank you for the heads-up.
Fun Christine!!
I'm setting my cards up to send me an email if there is a charge where the card is not present but If it's a counterfeit card I'm not sure they would catch it.
Rick, your latest follower.
I found it! I love these kind of puzzles:)
I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. That's such a gut churning feeling when your credit card gets hacked.
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