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Re:Computers Can Be Understood by hinkley on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:03PM (#22858244)
I love my bank but hate their fraud detection (someone suggested last time I brought this up that it might be outsourced).

I went way across town to save a couple hundred bucks on a new TV. By the time I got home they had flagged by card. Oh, yeah, TV. I should call them and tell them it was me.

No. They flagged it because I spent <$10 at a carwash on the way home.

My old bank would flag me for buying gas on a road trip I took 3 times, every time. When your bank thinks that going out of town is exceptional behavior, well, it feels a little judgemental.

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Re:Computers Can Be Understood by cellularmitosis on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:29PM (#22858519)
Back when I bought a 250cc motorcycle, my card was constantly getting flagged (lots of $1.50 gas stops ~50 miles from home). It took months for this to let up.
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Re:Computers Can Be Understood by zanderwohl on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @02:06PM (#22869325)
The road trip one is more common to flag for fraud; if you leave your card at a gas station accidentally, someone may else may pick it up and make a few minor purchases. It happened to me when I used my credit card to fill up two cars - mine and my friends'. According to the attendant, it happens a lot.
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