[Bittersweetmd]

Someone got hold of my ATM card number this weekend and, after an espresso stop at a Singapore Cafe and a bus ticket purchase in Chile,made a $5.00 donation to Moveon.org.

Are you serious? Did they really end up in Singapore and Chile? This seems very strange.

[Cosmo]

Very strange, indeed. All in one weekend, too. I'm half expecting to receive photos of my credit card from a third-world communist rally, ala the Travelocity garden Gnome.

[counterpunch]

Are you serious? Did they really end up in Singapore and Chile? This seems very strange.

Obviously the CC info was passed around, perhaps on underground channels on the internet. The one thing it proves is that MoveOn.org types are well connected into the criminal underbelly.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

Not so strange - numbers get sold over the internet, so they can pop up in far flung locations at the same time. Although it is sort of strange that they were used for puny charges. Generally when you get a stolen credit card number you have to milk it fast.

The card companies should have software to flag these anomalies, and some will call you if they notice abnormal use, for example a rash of charges on a seldom used card, far from home. Of course, that's one of the few times I rely on credit cards -- when I'm traveling.