Dec 03, 2007 -- Citi/Macy's issuing new CCs to 3.5 million inactive accounts
For weeks, Clark has been receiving scattered calls from people who say they've received a new unsolicited credit card in the mail. The complaints stem from Citibank buying Macy's credit portfolio and mailing out MasterCards to some 3.5 million inactive accounts. This is outrageous, disgusting and it should be illegal, Clark says. Citi is contributing to account and ID theft by its behavior. A report in The Boston Globe states that Citi says they've received positive feedback from customers about these new cards. Citi also goes on to claim that they informed customers about how to decline these new cards, and that there are no privacy or security issues of concern. Lies, lies and more lies, according to Clark. What's really going on is that Macy's now has created another credit line for people -- also lowering your score, by the way -- by reducing the aging on your credit accounts and issuing you a new major credit card when you might not have wanted one. So if you get one of these pieces of trash in the mail, cut it up. And if you do other business with Citi, don't use their cards. This is the power the marketplace affords you to punish a company that has done the wrong thing.