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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

If you order or buy something out of the ordinary, for the first time, they 
will usually call to see if it is you; they monitor very closely

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--- On Sun, 11/30/08, Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Our digital trail - "Orwellian future"
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 8:34 PM
> Citibank 'stopped' my card last month when I used it
> for a hotel room.
> They did it between checkout one morning and my next stop
> that evening.  I
> hadn't used it for a hotel before.  Creeped me out a
> little to know I was
> being monitored that closely.
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:27 PM, bob ford
> <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> >  When my credit card was stolen , this past july
> (remeber the price of gas
> > then), the thieves had hit a number of gas stations,
> but after the second
> > one, citibank called me at home, told me they had put
> a 'stop' on the card,
> > and dispatched the police-- this was all while the
> thieves were still using
> > the card to buy more gas.  Citi knew exactly when ,
> where , and how much. to
> > the second, live, while it was happening
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