I was informed that there had been a charge for £2900 on a travel booking site.
As this conversation with my bank’s counter-fraud team was happening, I logged into my bank account and could see the fraudulent charge.
“Was this you?”
No, it definitely wasn’t me. Phew, well done for catching it.
“Also, sir, there is another transaction occurring right now that seems odd - for £5900 at Marbella Boat Hire. Is this you?”
Nope, that wasn’t me either.
At this point, my pulse was obviously raised and I was worried what else was going on.
“Ok, sir, we are going to send you a verification code, which we need you to read back to cancel the transaction”.
Ok, bit odd, but yeah, let’s go and get these cancelled.