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My bank asks me whereabouts of Syrian Refugees to release my funds

I used CHASE bank pay to send money to a US Based 501(c)(3) organization. They had winter aid for different purposes including refugees. Affected by tragic pictures of Syrian and Afghan refugees, in the memo field I put "Refugee Winterization Syrian/Afghan" to cue them on my wish.The text regexp raised a flag, and I was asked to provide detailed purpose of payment. So, here is the conversation...

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