http://guido.appenzeller.net/wordpress/2009/02/are-banks-training-their-users-to-be-phished/ Technology, Entrepreneurship and Anything Else of Interest Sun, 09 May 2010 19:21:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://guido.appenzeller.net/wordpress/2009/02/are-banks-training-their-users-to-be-phished/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Guido Appenzeller Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:28:39 +0000 http://guido.appenzeller.net/wordpress/?p=80#comment-121 In this case, the transaction was approved and triggered the alert after the fact. I have had this happen a lot, for some very innocent transactions. My favorite is from buying a plate of pasta airside (ie. behind security) at the Denver Airport. I am getting a fraud alert quite frequently (about once every 1-2 months) and it is mostly after a successful transaction. In this case, the transaction was approved and triggered the alert after the fact. I have had this happen a lot, for some very innocent transactions. My favorite is from buying a plate of pasta airside (ie. behind security) at the Denver Airport. I am getting a fraud alert quite frequently (about once every 1-2 months) and it is mostly after a successful transaction.

]]> http://guido.appenzeller.net/wordpress/2009/02/are-banks-training-their-users-to-be-phished/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Rob Adams Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:01:44 +0000 http://guido.appenzeller.net/wordpress/?p=80#comment-119 I always ignore those calls and call the number on my credit card myself. Generally though you'll know that your card was declined so the only person with the information needed to phish you is probably the merchant on the other end of the denied transaction, and the merchant is already mostly a trusted entity in the credit card trust model. I always ignore those calls and call the number on my credit card myself. Generally though you’ll know that your card was declined so the only person with the information needed to phish you is probably the merchant on the other end of the denied transaction, and the merchant is already mostly a trusted entity in the credit card trust model.

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