Originally Posted by
lin821
Moniter your cc transactions and credit report regularly and frequently, if you don't want to be a victim.
Definitely. I use Quicken for financial record keeping, and it allows connection and down load of information from accounts and CCs. I do this daily, and will know immediately if something is wrong.
I had my card (still in my possession) used a couple of years back for a cash advance. First saw a suspicious "hold" on the account. Citibank couldn't do anything until the charge happened. Then they saw that it was a $600 cash withdrawal in Nevada. They pursued it and got the merchant to credit it back. Citibank was quite sure that the merchant supplying the case was in cahoots with the perp on this.
Damage to me- had to get a new card, new number, change stored info, etc.
Cheers.