{"id":5829,"date":"2022-11-25T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=5829"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:14:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:14:13","slug":"clear-fraud-alerts-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/25\/clear-fraud-alerts-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Wisdom: Clear Fraud Alerts Quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been beating around the bush about fraud alerts somewhat repeatedly over the years, but it\u2019s time to explictly call out a principle you should always be following:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Clear fraud alerts as fast as you possibly can.<\/p>\n<p><cite>\u2013 MEAB, prolly<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why? There are multiple reasons, but they all boil down to unwanted poking around on your credit card and deposit accounts by someone who\u2019s job is to manage risk and shutdown accounts that feel risky. For specific examples, see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/25\/avoiding-citi-shutdowns\/\">Avoiding Citi Shutdowns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/28\/deposit-accounts-followup\/\">Deposit Account Followup<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you get a fraud alert, clearing it quickly (hopefully) means no one ever looks at your accounts. Side note: If you have to talk to a person and can\u2019t clear an alert in an automated way, you may have better luck with foreign call center customer service representatives who don\u2019t understand exactly what thegiftcardshop.com is and how a bunch of purchases there may raise eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>Have a nice weekend!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5852\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-1-1024x577.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-1-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-1-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-1.png 1243w\" width=\"420\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Happy <em>[Rebecca]<\/em> Black Friday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been beating around the bush about fraud alerts somewhat repeatedly over the years, but it\u2019s time to explictly call out a principle you should<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-credit-cards","category-wisdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5829"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6894,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5829\/revisions\/6894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}