10-22-2012, 11:52 AM
I got the weird call Saturday night. The people at Chase wanted to verify some charges on my Slate card. All pretty standard at this point.
Except for the part where I have never activated my Slate card. I can't recall the details for why I signed up for this card. But when it came I had come to my senses and never activated it. The card still had the sticker on it that said please call this number to activate this card.
I talked to the woman at Chase. I told her that I had never bought cosmetics in Texas to the tune of $200 some odd dollars. She said that was fine because the transaction had been declined at point of sale anyway. The number on the card didn't match the security code. So, it had been declined.
Which brings us to the questions. If the transactions had already been declined because of fraud, why were you calling me to verify the fraud? How did a card I had never used or activated become available for fraud? I had never given it to anyone so who could have copied it? Very murky.
The best part though was they were going to send me a new card immediately. They were going to over night the card I had never used in the two years I had had it. They wanted to make sure I had the card I don't use.
Except for the part where I have never activated my Slate card. I can't recall the details for why I signed up for this card. But when it came I had come to my senses and never activated it. The card still had the sticker on it that said please call this number to activate this card.
I talked to the woman at Chase. I told her that I had never bought cosmetics in Texas to the tune of $200 some odd dollars. She said that was fine because the transaction had been declined at point of sale anyway. The number on the card didn't match the security code. So, it had been declined.
Which brings us to the questions. If the transactions had already been declined because of fraud, why were you calling me to verify the fraud? How did a card I had never used or activated become available for fraud? I had never given it to anyone so who could have copied it? Very murky.
The best part though was they were going to send me a new card immediately. They were going to over night the card I had never used in the two years I had had it. They wanted to make sure I had the card I don't use.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit
