So I went to pay for my haircut this morning with my debit card and was told my card was declined. ”Let me assure you”, I said, “there’s plenty of money in my account. Try it again.” So she did… declined. I paid with another credit card and boogied home to call the bank to see what the hell was going on. ”Well sir, we have your account flagged for fraud because we’ve received several charges from Mexico.” Bastards! Thank god my bank caught the activity and reacted immediately and thank God I don’t have to pay for any of the fraudulent charges, but it pisses me off we make it so each for people to use our credit card numbers without actually having the card. WE really should be more like the EU, where you must enter a PIN with each and every transaction. One would think the banks would encourage this with all the money they’ve lost to fraud and spent on fraud prevention. I guess I’m just too much of a simple man to understand why they wouldn’t do this.
So, word to the wise… check your statements frquently and question everything. These bastards are out there and they’ll get you.