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Checking your credit card
This week I received a letter from American Express which stated that my credit card had been temporarily blocked because of potential fraudulent activity. It also said that I needed to call a number to confirm the recent transactions and get the card unlocked.
That seems like a very reasonable thing to do. However the number they asked me to call was not listed on the American Express web site. Though the letter seemed legit I did the only right thing – call their regular number and work things out from there. While digital phishing is the current hot thing to do there are still criminals forging good old snail mail letters to trick users.
It turned out that the number listed was a direct number to their fraud department which isn’t listed on the site. I’ve requested American Express to change their practices.
2010 Apr 24, 06:43
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2010 Apr 26, 17:52
Two good things are done here. |
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2010 Jun 17, 13:49
credit card very unfortunate indeed. credit card companies must refine their procedures for better services. there are lots of visa rewards credit cards in Canada which you can try. |
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2010 Jul 27, 11:12
reply The initiative taken for the concern is very serious and need an attention of every one. This is the concern which exists in the society and needs to be eliminated from the society as soon as possible. I like this particular article. It gives me an additional input on the information around the world Thanks a lot and keep going with posting such information. The people are loosing their moral while becoming modern. The society needs to be attentive that moral value. |
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2011 Mar 15, 21:42
shiva At the time of need credit card help us a lot without any investment ...thanx a lot. |
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