Two years ago I got in an argument with Master Card. Someone charged $16000 to my card to buy a Suzuki motorcycle in Brisbane, Australia.
here’s the zinger. MasterCard had just sent me a new card the week before. The card had a new account number on it, a new 3-digit security code and, the best part, I had not activated the card yet. It took me 3 months of arguing with them before they took off the charges and almost a year before they fixed the currency exchange fees.
Why would Master Card be so horsey about removing a charge that was clearly not conducted by you? (Were you in Australia at the time?) I’d have had to close my account with them once things were straightened out.
Interesting my mc got hit for 6500 at a motorcycle shop in Australia 2-3 years ago- at the same time another 6000 to some place else in the US some charity(fake?)-total just below my limit(how did they know) the fraud dept called me immediately asked if I made the purchase after I said no they immediately canceled the card I was never billed and issued a new card.