2pm message
"Emily Masterson, this is Pam from Wells Fargo. We have reason to think that there have been fraudulent charges made to your visa account. Please call us back as soon as possible."
Hmm...OK? I have the card...this must be a mistake. So i call....
"Emily have you recently been in Houston"
"No..i...i dont think so"
"No..i...i dont think so"
"What about Pearland?"
"Definitely not. Oh my gosh, what happened?"
In one day, $1,100 was charged to my visa credit card! I hopped online to check out the charges, which were all made in $100 to $150 increments within the same day, between 2 cities. All at scummy gas stations. Soooo how does this happen when you still have your credit card??? I guess professional criminals can steal your credit card swipe, and make another card that will have their name on it, with your bank information. It can happen anywhere, and doesn't help if you are blonde and naive. Luckily, i have fraud protection. But i still feel violated.
1 comment:
Oh no, how terrible!! That's really weird that criminals can steal swipes...how do they do that?
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