In article bt.com>,
Jeremy Double btinternet.com> wrote:

I bought air tickets to Spain a few years ago. A few days later I got
an automated call claiming to be from my credit card company and
offering a number to call back on. I didn't, of course - I called the
usual number and asked if the call was legit. It was and the security
people called back and asked if I'd just bought tickets with Iberia. I
said yes, I was going to Spain. They said it was a good job I'd told
them because otherwise they'd have stopped the card if I'd tried to use
it in Spain.

Oddly I'm still with the same credit card company, but I have warned
them about going abroad since then.

Sam