I got a call today from USAA fraud dept stating there had been a hold placed on my card due to strange activity. It looks like someone got a hold of my debit card number online and was trying to buy bus tickets. All of this supposedly happened around the middle of last month so of course I asked why was I just being notified a month later but they didn't have a answer for that. I guess I would have known if I used my debit card but that account is mainly used for saving my snowflakes every month. Oh well, at least the little funds I have are safe. They will be sending me another card within the next few days.
On another note, a poster on the Dave Ramsey forum stated that one of the Amazon giftcards she ordered was somehow stolen from her account. She stated she never received an email stating it had posted but when she checked and tried to add it to her Amazon account, it stated it had already been used and she knows she hadn't added it. Reading her post made me get off my butt and apply the cards I had just sitting there to my account. I never heard of this happening before but I guess it does. You might want to apply your cards to your account if u haven't already!
USAA & Swagbucks
February 15th, 2012 at 02:31 am
February 15th, 2012 at 03:04 am 1329275042
That is odd about the late call from USAA. Nice to call, but why so late?
February 15th, 2012 at 01:16 pm 1329311765
PER the TMM Blog post - "EDITED: DH called and said we posted this on Jan 24th. So I guess I must have forgotten to delete the other email. Just wanted to let you know Amazon did a good job and tracked it by the number. So it was my mistake."
February 15th, 2012 at 08:02 pm 1329336158
More than the gift card codes being used before I get to them, I also worry about being deactivated for whatever reason and losing the cards that way ... so I always immediately apply them to my account.
February 18th, 2012 at 09:32 pm 1329600760
Jerry