This Christmas I received two gift cards issued by American Express. No big deal. However, there is a nice big sticker on the front of the card like all new credit cards telling you that you must activate your new card before using. No problem. I call the number on the first card and the automated lady on the other end says that my card has been activated. Cool. I pick up my other American Express gift card and call the number. Again the automated lady on the other end says my card has been activated. Hum… I think to myself…I have two cards and weird the 1-888 number is exactly the same. The lady on the other end said your card has been activated with no questions asked. How do they know what card I got and what the numbers are on my card? I have two of them. Are they really activated? I’m not sure, probably not and I probably wont find out till I try to use it. I’m thinking maybe there is a bug in there phone system. I’m not really sure. Is American Express gathering phone numbers to be sold? Many questions to be asked and not many answers. Can anyone help? I asked my brother too. His number to call is exactly the same. This is odd and I’m going to be thinking about this all night.