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Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:25:59 -0400, HK wrote:

Good catch by Bestbuy...

More likely a good catch by the credit card company. All of the major
card issuers have made big investments in early warning systems that
screen for unusual patterns of activity. It's a cost of doing
business, otherwise they'd be overwhelmed by fraud losses.


I'd bet first on bestbuy.

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:25:59 -0400, HK wrote:

Good catch by Bestbuy...

More likely a good catch by the credit card company. All of the major
card issuers have made big investments in early warning systems that
screen for unusual patterns of activity. It's a cost of doing
business, otherwise they'd be overwhelmed by fraud losses.


That's what I thought was unusual about this. It was Bestbuy.com that
called my wife.
They recommended calling the credit card company.

This happened to me a few years ago. Got a call one late morning at home
(in MA) from someone at Discover Card. They wanted to know if I was in
West Palm doing some serious shopping. Someone had reproduced a Discover
Card with my account number and had rung up over 8k worth of purchases
that morning.

Funny thing is, I don't think I ever used that card ... and still don't
even though they sent a new one with a different account number.

Eisboch

Just racking up around $1K in gas, trailer repair & hotel bills last August
during my rendezvous adventure earned me a call from my credit card company.

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"Eisboch" wrote in
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Just got a call from Mrs.E. Seems someone got a hold of one of her
credit card numbers and ordered themselves a $3000.00 laptop from
Bestbuy.com.

Something must have tripped a flag because Bestbuy called her and
asked if she had placed the order. They then cancelled the order and
recommended that Mrs.E. call the credit card company, cancel the card
and have a new one issued, which she did.

I wonder if they can track who placed the order, since it was
apparently done on-line.
I also wonder what flags them to call and confirm the order.

You have to be careful out there.

Eisboch

It was the credit card company calling home last June,
wife took call, and was alerted to fact I was buying a boat ... :-(

I was putting a down payment on a boat in another town.
Can't get away with nothin these days :-)
Ron