CC shared secret

[Roland Perry]

In article <A1C73FB8A9E34070AC765B1B232CCE4A@neos.tv>, Tom Thomson 
<Tom.Thomson@bcs.org.uk> writes
>> IME they just refuse the charge, but don't do anything else, and
>> especially don't stop the card, or issue a new card proactively.
>
>In my experience they call me and ask me whether the transaction was
>originated by me.  If I say no they stop the card and send me a new one
>(with a different number, of course).  If I say yes they don't stop the
>card.
>
>If they can't contact me quickly they go into a spin, trying to contact me
>by all sorts of routes.

That's interesting, because I hadn't found anyone with a *refused* 
charge that had happened to. Sometimes with accepted but unusual 
charges.

-- 
Roland Perry