Bank closes account on suspected fraud without explanation, blocking legitimate use
A cardholder had online purchases repeatedly rejected and later learned the bank had closed the account over suspected fraud, but the block was actually preventing the legitimate cardholder's own purchases with no clear explanation given. This is a structural false-positive fraud-detection and communication gap.
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