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.

"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

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:32:45 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Someone had reproduced a Discover Card
with my account number and had rung up over 8k worth of purchases that
morning.

They should have caught it before it got that far, especially on a
card with prior low or no usage.

"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.

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.

Anytime my purchasing habits change, I always get a phone call from
Citibank.

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.