please say this won't have long-term consequences

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I got a call from Citibank Friday morning, from the fraud dept about suspicious activity. I figured it was just the $600 tuition bill that just went through, since most of my purchases are less than three digits.

Nope.

Three separate internet purchases of around $200, none of which are mine. So they placed a stop on my card. And once I spoke to them, they canceled it and are sending me a new one.

But wait, that isn't the best part - they did this (the stop) BEFORE my tuition went through. So now the school says they might have to cancel my registration, because it wasn't paid on time. And for some reason, I can't get a PERSON in the bursar's office.

And meanwhile, I have no credit card. Ugh.

I can only hope this won't do anything to my credit. This is the second time I've had to cancel a card because someone was using it. Granted, the first time was 8 years ago and they actually had physical possession of the card, but how can this happen twice?

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[mish.livejournal.com]

credit card issuers are supposed to make an effort helping people clear up misunderstandings that arise from unauthorized use. i think i'd ask them if they'd contact the school. if you could find a way to show up at the registrar's office, with payment and maybe a letter from Citibank, verifying the fraud, i bet they'd let the matter drop.