The issuing bank, which sent me an email alert today, presumably as weird charges started showing up, very kindly went over my current charges and I got a chance to dispute all the weird ones. I hope I got them all. So as of now, my card number is no good and I cannot log in to their online banking. So I can’t see what if anything I missed or got wrong. So that’s a drag. But because I phoned right away, they’re saying they’ll reimburse me for the disputed charges.
Here’s hoping they’re true to their word.
A downside is all the online services that have my credit card for their billing are about to go dead on renewal. Some monthly, some annually.
This of course will mean I actually get to see which ones I’m using. That will be the upside. And I’ll have a much clearer picture of what services I use, and on what basis I’m billed. And the ones that go dead and I don’t notice? Well, some savings.
Might make up for the spiffy clothes I bought someone somewhere.
Mine was hacked a few weeks ago, same thing, contacted by their fraud department and they took care of everything. I agree about the upside about being aware of renewals — credit cards should not allow merchants to auto-charge without at least a confirmation email (which is so simple and automated that it’s obviously being avoided on purpose). I’ll bet millions gets paid out in error that way every year.