I just have to vent! I got home from work today and my CC company had called three times but didn't leave a message so I tried to go online to check my card. When I tried to log on it said I was locked out and needed to call customer service. I called and found out it was fraud services and someone had tried to use my CC at Apple.com, Blockbuster Online, True.com, and two other places that I can't remember the name. This is so frustrating because I do alot of shopping online and now I reluctant to do anymore. I guess the last place that I had used it obviously has to be where they got it from. I just made a purchase on Sunday and all of a sudden yesterday and today somebody starts trying to use it.

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Not that it will make you feel any better, but I saw a report on the news that says you are more likely to have your card # compromised in person rather than on the net. It's happened to us and to our DD and both times it was not from online shopping. Somebody swiped numbers at a restaurant and at a shoe store in DD's case.

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It happened to me too. I think it was at a restarant. They charged over $2000.00 dollars on my debit card, it got cleared up and the fees and everything were reversed but it took over a week, I felt so violated. I have a friend in security ( for a big store) and he was telling me that they can swipe your card at a restarant and then go behind that and swipe after your card and it stores your information. Since then I have a alert on my cell phone, everytime a purchase is made on my card for more than $75.00 dollars it send me an alert.

Same thing happened to my Dad at a restaurant too. His number was stolen while he was waiting for them to come back so he could sign off on it. It's not safe anywhere anymore. I found out this past weekend that my ebay account had been compromised by someone trying to use my ebay ID to send e-mails out to customers to steal money from them. This was just on Oprah last Friday and has happened to a friend of mine who fell for the email scam. I was told my ebay that they froze my account when it happened and made sure that it did not affect my rating with them. I am so sick of all the deceit in this world right now!!!!!!!!

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Is that something all banks offer. I haven't heard of that before. I guess I'll have to call and ask mine if they offer something of that sort. That would be very handy as I do a lot of shopping online, heck in B&M also. lol

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I do alot of shoppping online also but mine was compromised from TJ Maxx B&M store so dont
let it scre you it only happens online, we were issued new cards(3 different ones) and had to re do all of bills, we had over due bills , my cell phone got shut off cause we forgot some the
things we had on the cards, it was hectic situation more then a scary one.

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I do know mine happened from an online purchase because it is the only place I use this particular card. I don't use it for any bills so I don't have to worry about that. It's just very aggravating.
BTW how do I add a fraud alert to my credit reports like a poster mentioned?
TIA

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I use Chase bank used to be Bank One, and this is a free service they offer. It can be a pain if you set your limit too low, for example I had set the limit for an alert for 25.00, well I can get gas and it will be well pass that, so I set it higher. Check with your bank, I love it and it makes me feel more secure, a peace of mind.