It happened to me...It can happen to you too

Yesterday, 01 December, 2008, I received a SMS at about 12.16 hrs that I made a transaction for Rs.2020.18 on my credit card. I was under the impression that it was the charge for my Singapore Visa charged by American Express. Later in the evening I received an invoice from American Express for Rs.1270/=. I thought immediately that there was something odd. This morning I called the ICICI Bank and checked about my credit card transactions; to my surprise there was one more transaction for Rs.1515.01. When I checked, there was more surprise - both the transactions were in US $ and both were from the same merchant. Immediately I gave instruction to freeze/cancel my card. Now I have taken this up with ICICI Bank for diputing the charges. The learning for me is that I should not neglect any of the SMS messages from my Credit Card company. If this can happen to me this can happen to anyone. Happy birthday!!!! (by the way, my laptop also gave way....again, is it a birthday effect/)