[ale] Ouch. Stay away from proprietary technology.

[Boris Borisov]

How they got that info. Any clues.
On Feb 7, 2016 9:42 AM, "DJ-Pfulio" <djpfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> Positive.
>
> One of my credit cards had been used to purchase an iPhone in NYC (a
> physical
> purchase) then later the same day a $400 iTunes gift card in Miami. Odd
> thing
> was, that credit card is one I only use overseas, so it hadn't been used
> in the
> USA for a few years. The last time it was used was in Argentina. Plus, I've
> never been into either of those cities (airports yes, cities, nope).
>
> The caller had a normal, midwestern, US accent and was extremely
> apologetic that
> Apple had been involved with this. I wasn't very nice since Apple is on my
> list
> of companies to never give any money (don't like many of their business
> practices). The Apple rep was nothing but professional to me. I left the
> call
> with a slightly higher opinion of corporate Apple, but still never plan to
> give
> them a penny.
>
> Contacted the fraud team at the CC bank and they removed those charges,
> closed
> the CC and re-issued a replacement in a 5 min call. It was oddly easy.
> Dealing
> with companies who actually assume I'm not a liar is a pleasure. The next
> CC
> statement reflected all of this - charges, removed, with a "fraud" comment.
>
>
>
>
> On 02/07/2016 07:15 AM, Jim Lynch wrote:
> > Sure that wasn't a phishing trip?
> >
> > On 02/05/2016 05:45 PM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> >> Apple called me once and I'm not a customer (of **anything** they make,
> >> so it seems they should be able to find the home numbers for their
> >> customers too.
> >
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