On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:42:44 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

In article ,
" wrote:



Too vigilant? I don't think so, at all. They're pretty damned lax, as far as
I'm concerned. What's your beef?

" stopped to get gas and my card won't work."
"It says we put a fraud stop on it. I can unfreeze it if you would
like."
(Some various id confirming hooha).
"So why did you freeze my card?"
"You are in Florida."
"What else.?"
"Nothing else. You live in Indiana and you were using
your card more than the algorithm thought you should in FL."
"Anything on there besides hotels, gas, and eating establishments."
"No, but the algorithm noted you were in FL using a lot and that is not
usual."
"So the algorithm picked up I was in FL this year, but neglected to
note the other 10 years I have used the card in FL right after
Christmas?"
"Er, yeah."
"And did it take into account the gas, hotels and other stuff I bought
over 3 days in KY, TN, and GA on the way down?"
"Err, no."

Happened the next year. Same place, same time. I have started to call
them whenever I am going to be out of IN for any reason.

I found it especially interesting two years hence when I was in FL,
told them I was going to be in FL, but someone in CA got almost $3000 in
charges before I caught them.

Hehe. Sounds VERY familiar to me. Same states too. They didn't kill
the card until Florida.
This only started 3 years ago. Never in all the years prior.
Indian computer programmers unfamiliar with American vacation habits?
Or is it just that criminals gravitate to Florida for the sunshine?

--Vic