Originally Posted by
waldowales
I got the call from Chase January 9th, asking me to confirm my purchase of Air France tickets from and on line travel agency, and an additional $18.00 purchase online. I hadn't used that card in two years, it was in my desk drawer. They turned it over to the fraud department, I got a letter today asking me to confirm that I didn't make these purchases. Of course, they voided that card and sent a new one. In the newspaper today, I read that a company that handles payments for banks had been hacked, and a lot of credit card numbers and names had been stolen. That probably explains it, and Air Frances' refund policy explains why the ticket purchases.
I think I'll just cancel the new card.
If there was also a small $1 charge on your card for an I-tune download, then this would almost be a mirror image of my "problem". Since you hadn't used your card in over 2 years, I feel a little better about my local security issues.
At least it appears that our thief is consistant.