On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 10:08:15 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 12/8/2015 9:20 AM, John H. wrote:
So yesterday evening I get a call from my bank asking about my credit card usage. Not
trusting the caller, I called the bank. Sure enough, my credit card information had
been used at a Shell station in California for a $110 purchase. The actual card was
still in my billfold, so somehow they got the number.

How? I don't know. But the card is cancelled. Right when I'm about to order Christmas
presents. Pain in the ass. Luckily, the bank will get me a new card in two days.

So...watch yourself.

I received a call once regarding my Discover card. It had been used
that morning to buy over $5k worth of "stuff" in West Palm Beach,
Florida. I was at my house in MA at the time.

Discover was good. They voided the charges made, canceled and replaced
the card.

I haven't used it since though.

My wife seems to get her cards compromised a lot. So far I am OK.
They have her on high security and if she does anything unusual, the
charge will bounce if she hasn't called them first. She certainly has
to call before we go out of town.
I do have the setting where I get an Email for any "card not present"
charges.