Grim... wrote:
Yeah, Barclays are a nightmare. My card once got blocked because I used to to top up my Oyster card. Not
so bad, as I hadn't done it for a while, until you consider that my Barclaycard was also my Oyster card
I have a mate at work that is a bit of a sucker for insurance. He bought some sort of Barclaycard identity \fraud protection.
First thing they did was call him up each time he made small purchases from Amazon and Ebuyer.
Then he didn’t hear from them for a while, one morning he gets an invoice for a flight to France, then the next day another one for a flight to Brazil all on his Barclaycard.
His card was done for £12,000. It was spent of flights, electrical guitars and really expensive hair dressing stuff like false dreadlocks. As no point did Barclaycard’s super identity theft fighting force call him when his credit card spending pattern changed.
Barclaycard cleared the money off the card for him without question, even clearing a few small genuine purchases he had made.
This has happened to him a few time, he loves his porn and is always joining sites online. I reckon his details come from hacks or shady porn sites selling them on.