No, failed as a man, no knife at hand. Considered just pulling it out but
Stripping the wires and connecting them all together would be fair game.
No, failed as a man, no knife at hand. Considered just pulling it out but
????Stripping the wires and connecting them all together would be fair game.
This was a Visa. Thanks for the reply.Amex updates merchants when my card info changes.
I’m guessing this is what you’re seeing. Just received this from my CU.@amnesia,
The DEBIT card(s) were never, NEVER, used in person or on line! Never even used it at an ATM.
That is exactly the reason that I do not use the debit card.
Again, neither debit card had ever been used. Last one was never even taken out of the desk drawer.
There are only so many potential combinations of card numbers, expiration dates, and 3 digit verification codes. I guarantee you that there are programs that generate random cards that meet the checksum criteria and then attempts to process a payment on them. You'd be surprised how many people don't examine their statements and don't notice a small charge, unless there is something really off about it, like when my mother's card got hacked and was used to buy pornography. The winners are kept or sold and the losers flushed.Either the credit union or VISA has a bug in their security to allow this to happen a second time. I suspect it is on VISA.
1. This new debit card has never left the drawer of my desk until this morning when I called the credit union.
2. Card was never used, neither was the previous card.
3. No one has been in my house to access the card.
4. No possibility of coming into contact with a card skimmer.
5. No possibility of a merchant copying the card information.
So how does this happen?
I closed my Coastal CU account a couple years ago because they had some shady practices on service charges and their rates weren’t great compared to others. I do keep getting these email alerts from them on a pretty regular basis which makes me wonder if there isn’t some ongoing hacking activity going on that sets this off causing them to lock down accessI’m guessing this is what you’re seeing. Just received this from my CU.
Subject: Coastal Alert: Account Locked
Your online banking account has been locked for your protection. To unlock your account or for more information, please contact Coastal's Member Services team at 800-868-4262 or 919-420-8000.
Yeah they implemented software to prevent credential stuffing so it locks accounts where people are using password databases from prior breaches and using it elsewhere.I closed my Coastal CU account a couple years ago because they had some shady practices on service charges and their rates weren’t great compared to others. I do keep getting these email alerts from them on a pretty regular basis which makes me wonder if there isn’t some ongoing hacking activity going on that sets this off causing them to lock down access
I opened an account in 2010 just as a 'placeholder' account with $500. I was leaving an employer that was associated with Coastal and I have a couple of minimal credit union accounts I keep just in case I want to use their usually favorable CU terms for loans, etc. and thought I'd keep $500 just sitting there in a simple savings account. All electronic, no paper statements, no cost to them - just thought it would sit and earn a little interest and I'd have my foot in the door if I needed them. They also sell my info to try and sell me insurance, etc. like all CU's do to make some money.Could you tell me more about this?