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	Name:	MrHodja -
	Subject:	Word of warning to my friends on the Forum
	Date:	5/23/2012 9:16:55 AM

Thanks for the heads-up and sorry for what you will have to go through as a result. I am especially aware since someone has hijacked my AOL email account a couple times in the not too distant past. Always came during or immediately after a hotel stay, so all should be careful when using public wifi services.

Another thing to look out for is very small transactions on credit cards. I was at the Rome Airport Hilton one night and at about 3:30 AM got a call from the American Express Fraud Unit wanting to know if I had a $0.99 charge to iTunes. I had not, and we agreed to cancel my card. Apparently one way thieves test a card number is to try to place a very small charge against it, and if it goes through then they go for the big bucks. I was in a pickle because later that day we were motoring to La Spezia, getting on an Italian Navy vessel, and transiting to Taranto...and weren't going to get a hotel until we got there. So I had no place to have them deliver a replacement card. As it turns out AmEx has two offices in Rome and by 10:00 AM that same day I had a replacement card. That's a kudo to AmEx for sure.

With regard to Euros, we have found the best way to get them is to use a debit card at one of the ATMs at "Bancomats" that are on just about every street corner in Rome and very prevalent throughout the country. Has your daughter been to Rome before? One could spend two or three weeks there and still not see everything. It is a fantastic place to get the maximum return on one's travel dollars. Hope she enjoys her stay. My younger son and his new bride are there right now on their honeynmoon.

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Word of warning to my friends on the Forum - MartiniMan - 5/23/2012 8:18:03 AM

Word of warning to my friends on the Forum - MrHodja - 5/23/2012 9:16:55 AM

Word of warning to my friends on the Forum - GoneFishin - 5/23/2012 10:14:37 AM

Word of warning to my friends on the Forum - MartiniMan - 5/23/2012 10:24:26 AM

Word of warning to my friends on the Forum - John boy - 5/23/2012 2:45:41 PM

You're lucky... - Lifer - 5/23/2012 1:19:04 PM

You're lucky... - Summer Lover - 5/23/2012 4:11:12 PM

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