Hi all.
I don't know where the originated from.. but it was sent to me. I thought it
was such good thoughts and ideas that I would like to share it with genealogy
friends and family. Traveling would be a time something like this might
happen also.
It CAN happen to one of us. Thanks for my instrusion into your day and if
you got duplicates of this.. please just delete?
thank you, Brenda
Scene 1
Friend goes to the local gym and places his belongings in the
locker. After the workout and a shower, comes out, sees the locker open and
thinks to himself, "Funny... I thought I locked the
locker...hmmm," dresses and just flips the wallet to make sure all
is in check. Everything looks okay, all cards in its place.
A few weeks later...his credit card bill comes...! A whooping bill
of $14k! Calls up the credit card company and starts yelling at
them saying that he did not make the transactions...customer care personnel
verified that there is no mistake in the system and asks if his card had been
stolen.
"No" he says...takes out wallet and pulls out card....and.....yup!
you guessed it......a switch was made!! Another similar (same type
Master/Visa from the same bank) expired card was placed in the wallet. The
thief broke into his locker at the gym and switched cards.
Verdict? Credit card issuer says since he did not report the card
missing earlier, he would have to still pay the amount owed to them. How much
does he have to pay for items he did not buy? $9k!
Why were there no calls to verify the amount swiped? Small amounts rarely
trigger a 'warning bell' in some credit card companies. It just so happens that
the small amounts amounted to big ones!
Scene 2
My dad at a local restaurant paid for his meal with his credit
card. The bill came, he signed it and the waitress folds the
receipt and passes the credit card along. Usually, he would just
take it and place it in his wallet or pocket. Funny enough, he
actually just took a look at the card and lo and behold...wrong
expired card of another person. He called the waitress and she
looked perplexed. She took it back, apologized and hurried back to the
counter under the watchful eye of my dad.
All the waitress did whilst walking to the counter was she waved the wrong
expired card to the counter cashier and the counter cashier immediately looked
down and took out the real card.
No exchange of words...nothing....
She took it and came back to my dad with apologies.
Verdict: make sure the credit cards in your wallet is yours! Check the name on
the card every time you sign for something and is taken away for even a
short period of time.
I believe many of us would just take back our credit card without even
looking at it, thinking that it has to be ours. I know "I" would...
For your own sake, please,
DEVELOP THE HABIT TO CHECK YOUR CREDIT CARD, EACH TIME YOU TAKE IT BACK!
BETTER SAFE THEN SORRY!