 Vacation Checklist and Things To Do Before Leaving On Vacation Checklist
RAK wrote:
> Sometimes there are good reasons for doing it, when travel patterns seem
> unlikely or impossible.
> My bank has called me several times e.g. :
> - when I used the same card in 3 countries in a day on 2 continents
> (genuine, I was flying and in transit)
Same for me. But they didn't just cancel the card or block it as others
have said, they just made me explain to them in person so they
understood.
> - when my card was used for large purchases in Australia (card cloning
> fraud, I had not been there for over a year, and they cancelled the
> purchases and replaced the card)
A couple of years ago there was a huge problem with Mastercard in the
US. Someone got hold of a list and sold it. They maxed out my MC, like
you they did it in Australia. And the bank cancelled the card and
credited me. They have refused to issue MC ever since as they haven't
demonstrated that they fixed the security problem.
> One bank did have a system of blocking cards after any retail use in
> Indonesia (high fraud area) which was a serious nuisance, but after
> discussions they put a note on my file to stop that happening.
I haven't had a problem with my bank, but several vendors on the
Internet refused to accept my CC when the IP address showed I was in
Indonesia.
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