Mar 26

Written by: Mark Carboni
3/26/2010 5:20 AM

I always wonder how these things can happen, but they do and you attempt to make sense of it later.

Yesterday afternoon I received a phone call from Chase bank. I was informed that my credit card appears to have had suspicious activity on it. After we went through the verification process of who I was and who she was on the other end, it was determined that I had not made these purchases and the account would be frozen, closed and new number and card issued.

Here is the oddity of it all. This was a new card that was sent to me the first week of March. It was used one time only and then the card was locked away. The activity was all done via the internet.

I did find out that the person that attempted to use my card number had purchased items and was having them sent to Tennessee. Nothing actually hit my account nor merchandise was sent to this person, so it ends happily ever after, but it does make me scratch my head as to how a credit card number that was sent through the mail system, used one time by swiping it at a store, and then being tucked away could have had the number lifted and used.

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