Posted on 08/19/2010 9:51:07 AM PDT by davidosborne
ping-a-ling for comment?
I’d have to agree. My card’s been hit twice in the past year. Everybody I work with has been hit in the past month too. I can’t believe it hasn’t reached the level that the credit card companies haven’t totally revamped how cards work.
An article in the Austin-Mexican Statesman today is about a couple in NJ woh are victims of credit card fraud, committed by illegals in Texas. The illegals were on a big shopping spree at the Cabelas store, just south of Austin.
We all need to scrutinize every statement (for starters).
And, be aware of ‘where’ we use a CC; if I have to go to a place I don’t know, I prefer to pay cash.
exactly my point? I can only assume that the banks are being reimbursed with “bailout” money.... if so then the taxpayers are FUNDING criminal activity !
As Dave Ramsey would tell you... Cut them UP and cancel them. We did and without them there is no risk.
I just got a call from my bank yesterday. Someone tried to use my debit card to make a $500 purchase at a Publix in Florida. They declined the charge as it was obviously suspicious (I am in Oklahoma) but I still am wondering how they got my card #. I was holding it in my hand while talking to my bank, so they didn’t have my actual card, but I was wondering if maybe they tried to buy a bunch of stuff online. There isn’t a Publix where I live so I don’t know anything about them.
LifeLock has been advertising pretty heavily of late.
BTTT
I like Dave Ramsey ! I prefer to use my credit card for EVERY purchase and aquire “points” I pay my balance off every month to ensure I don’t pay 1 CENT in intrest. :)
I also just read in Readers Digest to be careful of people behind you in checkout lines. They look like they are messing with their cell phones, but they are snapping a picture of your card and possibly you as you enter your pin number.
exactly the same scenario.. over and over
I’ve had problems twice in the last year. In March someone used my visa to buy tires in Spain. I cancelled the card and had a new one reissued. Last month someone charged magazines and games on my card. I cancelled it again. This month they got my wife’s card.
Gee, you’re the LEO...and you’re asking us what to do about a criminal matter?
you got your money from BofA but who paid back BofA ?
You are an exception. I hear people say “airline miles” and all kinds of junk. Cash works just fine for me. I don’t need some “points” or any such stuff, and I don’t pay interest.
Dave would say dump the cards.
I guess the federal govt picks up the tab since banks are insured by the FDIC. The FDIC has a 4 Billion dollar budget. Big waste.
woh=who
Not at all... I know what do with criminals.. what do we do about the COST of this epidemic... or better yet ARE the taxpayers on the hook for the cost or not? That is a much bigger question
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