We recently stopped at a Cracker Barrel restaurant. Their food is pathetic, but I like the shop. They carry lots of junky, too-flashy stuff that the KidGrands love to receive for holidays. Oooh-kay... in came the credit card bill. Yep, there are the legit charges, and there are...
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A $700 charge to AT & T in Tennessee, this for a fancy-schmancy printer and other pricey merchandise... and...
A $162 charge to some alien store... and...
A credit for the $162.
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We later discovered that the savvy merchant handling the latter charge requested answers to security questions; they could not be provided. OF COURSE. But the Big Kahuna amount somehow got through. It was reimbursed, the card cancelled and reissued, and the crook reported. We learned that he'd already been canned. Clearly, his criminal career will be shortlived.
Moral of the story... BEWARE! These incidents are becoming far too frequent. For the record, we did not send the card off with the guilty, although he did have it in his possession for swiping. Go figure.
