Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/06

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Subject: [Leica] Credit Card Fraud
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 09:52:06 +0930
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In the Leica Store in Vienna I was prevented from making a transaction
because the bank thought that the transaction was potentially
fraudulent.  I changed banks.

Marty


On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Robert D. Baron <rbaron at concentric.net> 
wrote:
> The major credit card companies have very sophisticated software now
> that can be reasonably adept at spotting possible fraudulent
> transactions.
>
> Several times in recent years I have got calls from fraud units asking
> me if I was in, say, China the previous day (the answer is always
> 'no') and they say we've got a fraudulent transaction here and we'll
> cancel your card and overnight you a new one. ?Citibank has been
> particularly active in this area.
>
> But it can also trip you up: ?Several months ago I put gas in my car,
> then went a WalMart, then went to a liquor store. ?I used the same
> card at all three places. ?At the liquor store I was told the card was
> rejected and I should call the issuer's Fraud Unit. ?I did and was
> told I had fallen into the pattern of people who steal credit cards:
> They go to a gas station to make sure the card works, then they go to
> a WalMart to get items to sell, and then they go to a liquor store to
> stock up for a party. ?This caused their software to tag me, but when
> I convinced them it was me and not a robber they approved the
> purchase.
>
> This Modern Age.
>
> --Bob
>
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Replies: Reply from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] Credit Card Fraud)
Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Credit Card Fraud)
In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Credit Card Fraud)
Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] Credit Card Fraud)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Credit Card Fraud)
Message from rbaron at concentric.net (Robert D. Baron) ([Leica] Credit Card Fraud)