Life lesson - In case you're not aware
I'll relate my recent experience for those of you that are unaware of some "new" policy with credit cards. We made a recent trip from our home in the Dallas area to Carlsbad N.M. These transaction...
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JimFromJersey -
Houston, Texas, only a few yrs ago - people were calling in to the Houston Chronicle subscription department to stop the delivery of their newspaper while they were away on vacation....
it tool local police quite a while to correlate break-ins & robberies back to the subscription desk.
we once, ourselves, had a credit card company call us about potentially fraudulent credit card charges while we were traveling....the credit card company wanted to verify that we made the charges and then wanted to know how long we would be out of town (red flag)....i wouldnt tell a stranger on the street this information - I'm not gonna tell someone i don't know on the phone !
Houston, Texas, only a few yrs ago - people were calling in to the Houston Chronicle subscription department to stop the delivery of their newspaper while they were away on vacation....
it tool local police quite a while to correlate break-ins & robberies back to the subscription desk.
we once, ourselves, had a credit card company call us about potentially fraudulent credit card charges while we were traveling....the credit card company wanted to verify that we made the charges and then wanted to know how long we would be out of town (red flag)....i wouldnt tell a stranger on the street this information - I'm not gonna tell someone i don't know on the phone !
