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I posted a short “getting ready for Harry Potter” post here.

There are some new 27 posts here.

And I’ve got some writing tips here and here.

Enjoy!

Oh. My. God.

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I feel ill.

I was just doing some bill-paying and such, and I logged in to a credit card account that I don’t use much. I’m trying to pay off the balance, so the only activity I tend to see on it is my last payment and the interest accumulated.

As such, I tend to not look at my statement until it’s time to pay the bill. (I signed up for the statement-by-email quite some time ago.) Imagine my surprise when I saw a balance nearly $3000 higher than it was last month.

Gasp. Choke.

In red lettering, at the top of my statement, it said something about high-risk activity on my card and to call customer service right away.

So of course, I immediately dialed customer service. They were very nice. They closed my account and are sending me an affidavit that I need to sign and send back to them so they can investigate.

The charge was $2795 to United Airlines. She asked if I was sure no one else (such as a friend or family member) has access to this account. Um, yeah. No one does. And even if they did, I wouldn’t want to know someone who would charge $3000 in airline tickets without telling me.

I can’t figure out how this happened. This card doesn’t leave my apartment. Ever. I don’t get statements in the mail, and even if I did, I would shred anything that had my account number on it. Gah.

It doesn’t matter. They’re going to take care of it, I’m sure…but still, I feel sort of violated.