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Bank card declines lack real-time fraud alerts, forcing slow manual overrides

A cardholder repeatedly has legitimate transactions declined without receiving any real-time fraud alert, then must navigate separate fraud and override departments to unblock the card. High mention_count suggests this reflects a common gap in real-time fraud communication at banks.

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