Not bad... just annoying...

[kellifer]

My Visa card had to be cancelled because a site I've bought something off was hacked... *frowns* Luckily, the "phishing" transaction (a small $1.00 transaction whoever the cockspanks were did to check which cards were active and which ones weren't before they took people for everything) was noted by my bank as an unusual transaction and they stopped it.

It might not sound it but I tend to have good luck with stuff like this. A couple of years ago a guy followed me from an ATM to a takeout place (I didn't notice) and stole my ATM card out of my bag while I was occupied. The moronic thing was that he took it *back* to the exact same ATM to attempt to basically take out everything and a particularly vigilant security guard (I never make fun of security guards because of this) noticed and remembered him and basically apprehended the guy.

I like to think it's good monetary karma. I found a wallet with about $500 cash in it in a bathroom in a mall and returned to the owner (she had a receipt in her wallet with her mobile number on it luckily). She was so surprised and awed to get it back but I had had something similar happen only a few months earlier and some kind soul returned *my* wallet to a local police station with cash and cards intact.

So it's annoying because I'm without card and internet banking for a couple of weeks (you access with your Visa card number... argh!) but not terrible.

Just a reminder, comment here if you'd like a Xmas card this year. :)

Comments

[crayonbreakygal.livejournal.com]

I had my credit card denied when I was Christmas shopping on the internet. I do shop on the internet, but I think I must have bought from five different sites in one day. The last one was denied. Grrrr. The credit card company didn't even apologize and try to fix it. It took them a few days to clear it too. I called the last site I visited and gave them another form of payment. They were telling me that credit card companies do that all the time. Sometimes they are ever vigilant and sometimes they are too vigilant. Yeah, I think that one dollar thing was a big tip off though. I guess we all have to be careful when we place orders on the internet. It's just so convenient though.

I love that you have good monetary karma!