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My credit card company flagged a purchase I just made as potentially fraudulent, which is weird, since impulse-buying obscure video games at 4:30 in the morning is very much my brand.

@TheCard We flagged your purchase of "The Adventures of the Pink Himalayan Rock Llama"

But I love llama!

@TheCard I bought a pre-built PC recently, and my credit card company very nicely wouldn't approve the payment because I don't know why, but I gave them a talking to and then everything was fine, I guess.

@ToolPackinMama Glad everything got sorted out! Two years ago, I tried to buy a computer with my debit card, and my bank flagged the purchase as potentially fraudulent.

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Mine has done the same in recent weeks. Even though my purchase history would show it to be legitimate. I'm thinking random alerts perhaps is a thing. I'm glad for them, and I have purchase alerts set up so I'm immediately informed of my card use.

I also double checked the fraud text alert number to verify it to be authentic. Interestingly, a week or so after receiving the alert, my bank sent reference numbers they use for all text alerts. I've kept it for reference.

@CherNohio Good on you for being so diligent when it comes to security. I could stand to learn a thing or two.

@SECRET_ASIAN_MAN Way more obscure.
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