I wonder if anyone else has had this experience. Fidelity blocked my account access because, apparently, they think a suspicious IP address accessed it. In order to unblock my access, they want proof that every device I could possibly use to access my account has been professionally inspected and cleaned.
This occurred right after I moved to Florida. I accessed my account at home and at work. I think the work (military) computer is what triggered the security alert. The military is not going to "inspect and clean" my computer so that I can satisfy some brokerage house, and I am not going to pay someone to look through my phone, iPad, and computer.
By the way, it does not matter to Fidelity that I use a different computer at home now.
My inclination is to close the account towards the end of the year. I have 15 investment accounts at 6 different institutions. None of the other 5 are blocking me, and I have not had any unauthorized transactions. I want to wait until the end of the year when my whole life policies are paid off using my 2% Fidelity rebate credit card.
Then Fidelity can go fuck themselves.
