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<p><font size="5">Agreed!!</font></p>
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<p><font size="5">Only use your debit card at your bank/ATM.</font></p>
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<p>Another clear take-away is do NOT use a DEBIT card. This was
the advice provided in a lecture I attended years ago by Frank
Abagnale Jr. who was the subject of the movie "Catch me if you
can" and is now a consultant to the FBI on security matters.</p>
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<div dir="auto">Very good advice.<br>
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If you get declined at a point of sale the first thing you
should do is call the phone number on the back of your card
and inquire with the bank. Let them know that you went to the
supermarket and the transaction was declined and you paid cash
so that you have it on record possibly even recorded.<br>
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Several years ago I was starting a new job and made some
purchases that were not typical in preparation for my new job
and my bank eventually questioned the transactions because
they saw a lot more activity than normal.<br>
It was all regular shopping to buy things I needed and also go
on vacation and so I was spending money on airfare and food
and clothing and entertainment I wouldn't normally do.<br>
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<div>My ATM/Debit MasterCard was involved in a
fraudulent charge attempt. The Bank froze the Debit
Card immediately when the suspicious activity
happened. Hours later, not having checked my phone
messages, I tried to make a food purchase at an
automatic self-checkout POS terminal using the same
card. Here's what happened.</div>
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<div>The Star Market POS system at Self-Checkoout and
the Registers declined my Card, as they should have.
(I eventually ended up paying cash for the
purchase.) But the Star Market charges still showed
up in the Bank Ledger as valid, even though my Card
was frozen at the time the Card was declined by the
Star Market POS System. This should have been
programmatically impossible!</div>
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<div>Take-home lesson: If you ever experience a freeze
on a credit or debit card due to suspected fraud, DO
NOT rely on store POS systems which appear to have
"declined" the card not to reinstate the charges. As
soon as you learn of the issue, go to your bank or
use their online banking app or web site, and CHECK
THE RUNNING (Ledger) BALANCE! If anything suspicious
is processing or has been recorded as processed,
NOTIFY YOUR BANK ASAP. </div>
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<div>I appear to have been successful at getting the
Star Market system error(s) removed from my bank
account charges. But this is not always guaranteed. </div>
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