How to report fraud while travelling without spending a fortune on a call?

  • cb19's Avatar
    Fresh Eyes
    I'm travelling. I got a text this morning telling me there was a fraudulent charge. I answered no to it being me and then went and blocked my card to stop any other transactions happening. But there's still one pending.

    Tesco's useless response is they'll call. The problem with them calling is I get charged a fortune per minute. They call. It's a bot. I get charged for clicking a button to be put on HOLD. 3 mins go by and I hit my £5 spend cap and the cal cut out before I could speak to anyone.

    Is there a way to deal with this that does NOT involve a phone call? I already said the charge isn't me. I blocked my card and reported it missing. Why can't they just cancel the transaction and why don't they seem to have an online chat?

    Even their travelling number is pointless to me because 02 doesn't care what the number is. If I use it, I'll get charged.
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  • ChristopherP's Avatar
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    @cb19 Hey there, thanks for getting in touch!

    I'm sorry to hear about this situation you're in. For security purposes, this can only be fully resolved by phone-call, I'm afraid.

    To unblock the card, you can reach the team from overseas on +44 1268 508 027 (Mon - Fri: 8am to 9pm, Sat - Sun: 8am - 6pm). We also accept calls via Skype if that is more convenient.

    I have passed your comments regarding the overall experience to the relevant team as feedback. I hope you get it all sorted and apologise for any inconvenience.


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  • cb19's Avatar
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    @cb19 Hey there, thanks for getting in touch!

    I'm sorry to hear about this situation you're in. For security purposes, this can only be fully resolved by phone-call, I'm afraid.

    To unblock the card, you can reach the team from overseas on +44 1268 508 027 (Mon - Fri: 8am to 9pm, Sat - Sun: 8am - 6pm). We also accept calls via Skype if that is more convenient.

    I have passed your comments regarding the overall experience to the relevant team as feedback. I hope you get it all sorted and apologise for any inconvenience.

    I actually don't want to unblock the card. I blocked it myself. I'm not using it. I also cancelled the card myself for a replacement.

    My concern is the charge that's pending that I've already informed Tesco via the text message that it's fraudulent. There should be some reaction to me saying that it's not me other than a robot calling me to put me on hold to speak to the fraud team who I'm just going to confirm the exact same thing to. It's going to have to wait until I return to the UK in 3 weeks because I am not being charged for Tesco to put me on hold.