Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Powered by Max Banner Ads The electronic voice on the other end snapped me to attention. A robocall from American Express fraud detection department was questioning a charge. But the card was still snug in its slot in my beloved wallet with black-and-now-faded-purple-bows. A conversation with a human confirmed what I dreaded: Someone stole my number and was running up charges. The trigger was a $64 bus ticket hundreds of miles away in New York. As the operator ran through purchases, I identified nine others for a total of $490. If that wasn’t enough, I used my Citibank Mastercard at a mechanic’s shop in Windsor later that same day, but the charge was repeatedly denied. Would you believe that? The same day. Mortified, I called the credit card company. It was a false positive. They flagged it, even though I’d used the card at the same mechanic before. They also thought it was strange the charge was from Canada. Never mind Windsor’s just a short swim from Detroit, and I had a history of using the card there during the previous month-and-a-half. And once or twice a day, that same Mastercard pays for my Detroit-Windsor Tunnel tolls as I commute back-and-forth.So […]
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