Fraud Alert Call, Wealthy Affiliate is in Canada!
Published on November 12, 2018
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Good afternoon, it's a sunny but cold 23 degrees in Central, Salida, Colorado! If you live in Arizona or Southern Nevada, I'm jealous!
I got an automated call this morning at 8:00 AM from my Federal Credit Union that sounded like a military emergency red alert that there was a fraud alert and a missile was going to head my way and nuke my house and fry my cat if I didn't call back straight away!
I didn't want my cat fried to a crispy critter, so, I called Thrivent FCU based out of Wisconsin and asked what was the "fraud" alert? The nice young man with a Wisconsin accent said Debit cards are flagged and blocked on out of country transactions like Canada, and the UK. I assured the nice man that my transaction was "Legit" and wanted to pay the whole $353.00 for the year to save paying Wealthy Affiliate once a month and used some of my early 'retirement' money.
So, this is what I had to go through to make my payment to Wealthy Affiliate;
1. Recite my Social Security number.
2. Mother's maiden name.
3. Cat's name and what color is the "Kitty?" That's her name "Kitty," and she's black.
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4. Was asked who's the President of the United States now- Donald Trump.
5. Pledge The Allegiance to The Flag.
6. Recite the Lord's Prayer.
7. Recite the Hail Mary Rosery.
8. Swore I was a US citizen from birth.
9. And Lastly, Do I drink coffee in the morning? Woops-missed a number, now you know how excited I got LOL!
After all the strange questions and being on hold for several minutes, the nice man came back and said I could use my Debit card but only have 60 minutes to get my transactions run through. I also had to give the "GO-A-Head" to pay for my Live365 Internet radio streaming and Webcast service and Spotify that I use for "Research" and doing shows. All because an excellent affiliate program is in Canada and I wanted to pay for the whole year!
Have a good rest of your afternoon, and you had a great chuckle! I did pay WA for the whole year.
~~Willie Lee C "The nutty D.J."
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