Yesterday I donated to Act Blue but today...

[TalenaGor]

I got an automated call asking to verify they were authorized by me and not fraud....they didnt call about the dozens of amazon orders in the last few days...they called about the Act Blue donation.....

do I need to get my foil hat out now?

[efhmc]

1. IDK Donate as a repug and see what happens.

[Hav]

2. No

I'd say you buying regularly from Amazon is a good reason for them not to be suspicious about it. It's the unusual activities that get flagged.
But I also don't know whether stolen cards have been used for political donations.

[still_one]

3. Do not select any link in that emai, and if you know which credit card you used, call the number on

the back of the credit card, not any number embedded in the email

That should eliminate the possibility that a third party was trying to get information from you

Most likely they just want to make sure you authorized the charge, especially if you hadn’t donated through act blue previously

[SheltieLover]

4. Good idea!

👍

[marybourg]

5. That sounds appropriate to me.

The answer is “no”, in my opinion.

[brooklynite]

6. Do you donate to ActBlue regularly?

If not, it's an irregular behavior that might trigger your credit card company's algorithm.

[TalenaGor]

7. ok thanks all - I have a hard time with trust these days lol