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Originally Posted by shcisamax
Similarly, I have found that our amex bill has charges for "legal forms" or other purchases that repeat monthly but are a low $4.95 or $9.95 which they figure no one will catch. It is tedious to have to continually check to see if we have any bogus charges but it is really prudent to do so. There are just so many scammers looking for business.
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I just told my husband to check his charge card account as he's been receiving magazines he never ordered; could also be a scam.
I have had American Express and VISA call me twice in the recent past few years, both about very minute tiny charges (as you mention above) which they deemed to be suspicious. I never heard of the companies they mentioned over the phone.........so they cancelled the number and instantly gave me a new number/the new card was Fedexed to me overnight. Scary but they are "out there"....the scammers.
Of course, I was suspicious that the person/s calling me (saying they were from American Express and VISA) were not really who they said they were, but in the end I had to trust them and they were indeed legit.
But, I'm not fond of having new card numbers when I had memorized my old numbers.