First time posting after years of lurking....
Has anyone encountered anything like this? I had am unauthorized $33 charge from a parking lot operator called "SQ *SP Plus Corp Arlington, VA" on my Citi credit card. I actually was in Arlington the day it was billed, but I made no stops other than to drop my daughter off at Reagan National Airport, and I didn't go into, or near, a garage. Per my statement, the only time I used that card that day was at a gas station in Maryland. I submitted a dispute to Citi and I immediately got a notice saying "Congratulations, we resolved the case in your favor. Your $33 credit is permanent." So at least that was good. But how did someone get access to my Visa card to bill it when it never left my wallet? Two possibilities, but does either seem realistic? First, I stepped out of my car at DCA only to help my daughter remove her bags from my truck. Could someone have read my card while I was standing there? Why bill it to the parking garage, though? Second, I did use that credit card 3 weeks earlier to buy my daughter's plane ticket from AA and also flight insurance from Allianz through the AA site. Could it be a scam that someone added local parking and would only remove it if someone spotted and disputed it? Other than my family and the people running the camp my daughter was flying to, the only people who knew I would be in Arlington, VA that day were AA and Allianz. We did not use that credit card for the camp. Could it have been an inside job at AA or Allianz? But why a charge for the parking garage? Despite getting it refunded, I called Citi and was eventually put through to its investigations department. They had no thoughts on how it happened and just suggested I get a new card issued. Very odd. Thanks for any thoughts on this.