A $23 Quadrillion Credit Card Bill?!

Imagine if this was Financial IDentity Theft and they shut your accounts down till you resolved it.  Fraud - Financial IDentity Theft - Legal - it can all affect you.  According to a Fox News article, a New Hampshire man went out to purchase a pack of cigarettes at a gas station and ended up with a $23 quadrillion credit card bill. In a strikingly similar incident, a teenager was charged the same amount after making purchases at a national chain pharmacy. That’s not all. According to the article, two more instances of a $23 quadrillion charge have shown up on credit card statements for packs of cigarettes in Tennessee and Texas. The bank refers to the card issuer, the card issuer refers to the bank.  Sounds like businesses wants to put the burden on someone else.  Doesn’t it sound confusing.

Would you be concerned? NO-worries.  Someone has your back.  We recommend the services of a business who not only offers continuous monitoring in many areas [not just your credit bureaus], the world’s leading risk consulting company, and pre-paid legal plan to go with it.  Why?  That way you may still have access to help even if your financial accounts get shut off to you.  Learn more here

In the technical age that we live in, mistakes happen. How much peace of mind does the suite of services at that web site provide in light of such a mistake?  $23 Quadrillion worth?  I would venture to say closer than any other.

Terry Kohler
Certified IDentity Theft Risk Management Specialist

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