Originally Posted by
Eujeanie
I don't know much about credit card fraud, my husband never lost his card, had it in his possession the whole time, so did this guy just randomly try numbers until he hit one that worked? (btw husband was overnighted a new card with a new number).
Eujeanie make sure you check the accounts of all your cards, even ones you don't currently use. I'd also pull yours and your husband's credit reports in about a month and maybe monitor it for a little while after that. Identity thieves are often quite crafty, and it'd be good to be on alert for a little while. Hopefully this is an isolated incident with the card. Those charges posting after you first called were likely made before. Some charges take a day or two to post.
You didn't mention, but, has your husband been to Columbia, South America, or Central America recently? Do you all take care when making online purchase? Have you ever (snail) mailed or emailed your credit card info to anyone?