Phone call

Theoretically speaking, how common is it for a bank in the US to call you after placing an order for something in the UK to insure it was the card holder who placed an order with the company Attitude Gifts?

Only happens when they're setting you up for a bust!

It can happen, whoever's card it is should be glad their bank did that, but banks confirm strange charges with their card holders all the time

Can't speak for US banks as I am from the UK but I worked for a bank for 5 years so maybe this will help.

In the UK if you make a transaction that looks like suspicious activity on your account then the fraud prevention section will sometimes call you. Now don't take suspicious activity to mean "oh shit that boy is buying seeds BUST HIM!!!!" Basically what it means if the activity is suspicious for your account. So if you lived in america and then went on holiday to france and started spending money on your card they might call you and be like "Hey are you in france or has some french loon stolen your card?"

Basically they are calling you to protect you and themselves from fraudsters. Your transaction probably got flagged because you are spending money in a uk based business and that's something you've probably never done on your account before which is why it set off alarms bells. You could of been buying cheese or a chess set and they still would have called you. Or the DEA are on to you man....

Thanks for the replies. I just have an overactive imagination

sounds normal . Just checking with you to make sure that you didn't lose your card and someone is just ordering shit. Just protecting you as a customer.

I recall a lot of folk mentioning their bank phoning or requesting authorization in one manner or other when it came to various overseas transactions.

sounds like you have a better bank than I do... first time ordering for SoS and it went through (checked with automated) but never got a phone call... oh well.. lol.. guess I had better hold on to my card real tight LOL