Today I had to pay my Tmo bill. No, I do not have auto pay established and I'm not sure why I feel the way I do about that, but that's another story I guess.
Something happened that I was blown away about. I've always, for 20 years, only had my bank listed as my payment method, maybe once years ago I used a credit card, but I think that was probable 5 or more years ago.
As I'm navigating the pay my bill, I see that the payment method identified is a credit card I've only used for travel and I've NEVER used with Tmo to pay a bill. I searched my statements to see if Tmo ever was identified by a payment and none were there.
I immediately click to select a payment method option and low and behold the most recent credit cards I have (over the past year acquired) were there. Never once have I added any of these. They were cards from Citi, Chase, BofA and I'm wondering how in the world would those be identified as payment methods without me adding them.
One card I just received two weeks ago because of the points it offered for airline miles and is also listed. If a bank or credit card company is listed as an affiliate can they actually add that credit info for bill pay ?
I've quickly removed all those cards and am really shook up about this. This physically makes no sense seeing I know and keep meticulous records of my spending and which cards is uded, if any, are used for payment of a bill in any way.
Has anyone ever seen this scenario