We had a panicked e-mail from my sister, Betty, saying that our bank had called because of suspicious activity. So we called them, which wasn't easy from Croatia, and someone had made a purchase at an Apple Store for $650! Hopefully they need their new iPad more than we need to use our credit card for the next month. Ugh!
And the bank's security department was decidedly unhelpful. You'd think a card associated with a major airline would be experienced at dealing with international travelers and people on the road. Not!
I suspect it happened at the Chicago airport but who knows? I do wonder how much they investigate these things or do they just give you a new CC number and move on. I'd like to see these guys caught.
Fortunately Croatia is a cash economy and we've grown accustomed to it. There are ATM's everywhere. We've resolved to switch to cash for everything but hotels to protect our two remaining credit card numbers.
Enough whining for now. I'm just glad my sister was house-sitting. Otherwise who knows how long the thieves would have gotten away with this?
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I wonder if the thieves were smart enough to create AppStore accounts with a fake name and address.
ReplyDeleteThat's really lousy.
I was wondering if somehow my iTunes account got cracked since that might be tied to the same cc. Can't figure out how to check it from here though.
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