[Catspaw]

I had some unauthorized charges show up on a Mastercard about a year ago--a small charge (around $11) to an internet cafe in Moscow. Like in Russia (not Idaho). When I called the company, they said to call the place to have the charges removed. I asked if they happened to have the number for the internet cafe in Moscow, Russia, handy because it wasn't listed on the invoice....I heard a bunch of clicking & clacking & other keyboard sounds & then she said, "Never mind," and they took care of it. It was a big scam that skimmed millions of credit cards.

[lizma]

About ten years ago we had an unauthorized charge of $5000 at a gold or maybe a coin store in London. Called the credit card company and all they said was don't worry about it.

Today if we use the credit card at the same gas staion twice in one day, they call us to make sure it was us making the purchase.