recent rise in crime

[Adam Atkinson (ETL)]

>  What I'd be interested to hear is
> whether anybody who's used a UK-issued credit card with an address
> outside the UK (e.g., while working as an expat in Saudi) has been
> hassled about authorisations. If not, then maybe all they do is check
> that you read any old address out confidently.

Hmm. I spent 6 years living in Italy using UK-issued credit cards
and never had a problem as far as I recall.