Identity Concern, part 2

July 22, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
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About a month ago, I posted that the Bank of New York had lost my Disney shareholder information, and was offering credit monitoring.

Last night, I got a call from Chase questioning a charge on my credit card for over $7,000 on the Internet.  Somebody had my card number.  They didn’t have the correct expiration date so the charge didn’t go through.  Chase closed that account and is issuing me a new card.  I’m stuck until I get the card – even expedited (which they did because I’m traveling this weekend) I still have to wait until Wednesday.

It’s a good thing I have another card with a different bank.

I’m wondering whether there are other questionable charges on the account.  I can’t see the account online because they closed it.  I’m also wondering how they got my card number.  I do this for a living – at my employer I’m the most likely IT person to handle a credit card fraud investigation.  But it’s still a pain when it happens to you.