tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709671052477389617.post7469249567105695870..comments2023-10-28T12:06:09.436+01:00Comments on Charlie Adley - Double Vision: I can’t use my credit card but thieves can!Charlie Adleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17063071455000195762noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709671052477389617.post-15961543693483717602015-12-16T20:50:22.294+00:002015-12-16T20:50:22.294+00:00Ok so I am not the only one.... Every single time ...Ok so I am not the only one.... Every single time I book my holidays, my Ulster Bank CC gets blocked. It's super suspicious tu purchase a hotel on the most famous booking website in the world just after purchasing a flight.... <br /><br />This time, not only they blocked me after purchasing an appliance part on the official appliance website in Germany, but the protocol to unblock the card apparently changed and they refused to unblock my CC by phone!! They asked me plenty of questions, and I suspect that I got the electricity provider wrong: they changed their name not long ago and forgot about that.<br /><br />Working in IT, I had the occasion for a couple of years to investigate and track hacked accounts (it was not a bank though). The investigation was based on common sense - like you can't logout at 9am in Paris and login again at 9:15 from China to give a simple example. Websites have certificates, and patterns are usually easy enough to track, so that suspicious activities are very obvious most of the time. <br /><br />Clearly, it means that they don't even begin to verify anything in this bank. They just block your account, like this is trivial. Easy and cheap! Well, after 8 years of degradation of the service, I will simply open an account in a proper bank as well. Absolutely infuriating. Petrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435708381953728550noreply@blogger.com