Security Alert - credit cards
morninnnn..
am listening to del shannon -RUnaway @the moment..
ehheheheheh..teringat mase i was ga-ga over
THE PILGRIMS *wink wink* still yam
nways on this beautiful friday, i think i shud share the following fwded eMail i got jus now..hold on eh:
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I am quite shock to read this, cause this would be how I would do, too just take and keep, without checking the card! Will do that from now on (although the credit limit is very low).
<------ me toooooooooo! n i still hafnot check my card..sat lagi laa
Scene 1:Friend goes to the local gym and places his belongings in the locker. After the workout and a shower, comes out, sees the locker open and thinks to himself "Funny..I tot I locked the locker...hmmm" dresses and just flips the wallet to make sure all is in check. Everything looks ok, all cards in its place.
A few weeks later...his credit card bill comes...WTF! A whooping bill of RM14k! Calls up the credit card company and tarts yelling at them saying that he did not make the transactions...customer care personnel verified that there is no mistake in the system and asks if his card had been stolen.
"No" he says..takes out wallet and pulls out card...yup! you guessed it...a switch was made. Another similar, expired ooking card was placed in the wallet. The thief broke into his locker at the gym and switched cards.
Verdict? Credit card issuer says since he did not report the card missing earlier, he would have to still pay the amount owed to them.
How much does he have to pay for items he did not buy? RM9k Why were there no calls to verify the amount wiped? Small amounts rarely trigger a 'warning bell' in credit card companies. It just so happens that the small amounts amounted to big ones!
Scene 2My dad at a local restaurant paid for his meal with his credit card.
The bill came, he signed it and the waitress folds the receipt and passes the credit card along. Usually, he would just take it and place it in his wallet or pocket. Funny enough, he actually just took a look at the card and lo and behold...wrong expired card of another person. He called the waitress and she looked perplexed. She took it back, apologized and hurried back to the counter under the watchful eye of my dad. All the waitress did whilst walking to the counter was she waved the fake card and the counter cashier immediately looked down and took out the real card. No exchange of words...nothing....
Took it and came back to my dad with apologies.
Verdict: make sure the credit cards in your wallet is yours! Check the name on the card every time you sign for something and is taken away for a short period of time.
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well actually i don haf any cmments..hahahahhahaha if la kan i was a victim in the case above..i think the card stealer will be even malu (provided that he/she isnt doin online transaction)
"sorry mam/mister, your card cannotlaa"or or
"ther seems to be a problem wif ur card" heheheheheh get wat i mean..
alhamdulillah so far i tk pernah la kena lagi
nyeh nyeh nyehhokay frens take note of the above eh..
cau cincau