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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just did too. This or fourth time in as many years. We now have text alerts set up for every purchase on every card.

Who cares? It's the bank's money, not yours.

I guess you like those deep conversations with your bank when your card is stolen, discussing every charge. So sweet.

Exactly this. It's just easier to nip it in the bud right when it happens.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just did too. This or fourth time in as many years. We now have text alerts set up for every purchase on every card.

Who cares? It's the bank's money, not yours.

Every time this happens (about once a year for me), it takes a few hours of my time. I have to go onto each website where my credit card is set up, and update to my new card number. It's huge pain in the rear and also a waste of time. I then inadvertnetly forget some that are not frequently charged, like SiriusXM radio (they charge every 6 months).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just did too. This or fourth time in as many years. We now have text alerts set up for every purchase on every card.

Who cares? It's the bank's money, not yours.

I guess you like those deep conversations with your bank when your card is stolen, discussing every charge. So sweet.

Anonymous wrote:We just did too. This or fourth time in as many years. We now have text alerts set up for every purchase on every card.

Who cares? It's the bank's money, not yours.

We just did too. This or fourth time in as many years. We now have text alerts set up for every purchase on every card.

Sorry that happened, OP. First PP's database explanation sounds right.

Anonymous wrote:Someone bought a database with your numbers or a stack of ready cards.

So it sounds like we should be on the lookout for charges on our other cards then? Sigh....

Our card was hacked a couple of weeks ago. They ran about 6 transactions purchasing from a shoe store and then got so greedy and attempted to pay more than $1,600 to Macy's. At that point our bank caught the transaction as suspicious and sent us a text message asking to verify that it's ours.

Someone bought a database with your numbers or a stack of ready cards.

We've had two credit cards hacked in the last week or so. These are credit cards that we hadn't used for awhile - 6 months to a year or more. What gives?