That happened to me once. Had to get a new card and the bank reimbursed me so
that was good. Like you, I have no idea how my card was hacked but I got a new
one and haven't had any trouble since.
On Sep 21, 2019, at 10:38 AM, Steve <pipeguy920@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks, everybody, for the nice Birthday wishes.
Shan is out in Seattle, so except for having dinner and drinks with Trevor and
his wife Christen, I was just with the two cats yesterday. Shan is coming back
Wednesday after going out for my brother-in-law's 50th anniversary party, which
they were holding a couple months early because of the Seattle weather.
But, at dinner with Trev, we went to Arcadia Brewing's Lansing location. I saw
on the menu that they had my favorite beer -- Sagatuck Brewing Neopolitan
Stout. It really does taste like the neopolitan ice cream, and is wonderful.
This morning, unfortunately, I was checking my card transactions, as I often
advise people do between statement dates; and discovered five unauthorized
transactions on one of my cards. The fraud department sent me an alert on two
of them; and when I logged on to my account, I saw four more charges -- only
one of which I had authorized.
So, somewhere along the way, somebody intercepted my card's info. It could
have been sitting on the "dark web" for a few years just lying dormant; or, it
could have been something fairly recent, like one of our other listers who
travels frequently, and has had her card misused as a result (I did purchase
Shan's airline tickets through a discount airfare site about a month ago.)
Anyhow, that card is history -- I'll be getting a new one with a new pin in
the next five days.
So, life goes on -- and there's lots of football to keep me entertained this
weekend!
Again, thanks everybody for the nice wishes,
Steve
Class of '72
