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You can tell your credit card company that you lost your credit card if you need to change your credit card number. But usually, my bank tells me at least once
by OrgNet 7y ago
You can tell your credit card company that you lost your credit card if you need to change your credit card number. But usually, my bank tells me at least once a year that I need a new number because my card has been compromised.
This is not ideal which is why whenever I can I setup autopay through my bank's website.
- etatoby 7y ago> usually, my bank tells me at least once a year that I need a new number because my card has been compromised What!? I have been shopping online all over the place since the time Amazon was only a bookstore (read: decades ago) and this has never happened to me once. Are you sure nothing is wrong with your bank? Do you use your credit card in shady places?
- OrgNet 7y agoThe most shady places are probably gas stations/gas pumps and restaurants. They like to install card skimmers on gas pumps around here, maybe that is where it originates from. But most of the time, they cancel my card before any suspicious transactions are recorded.
- joombaga 7y agoIt's good to give those readers a tug. The skimmers aren't usually affixed well.
- OrgNet 7y agoI do that often and never found one... some can even be hidden inside the slot: https://www.geek.com/chips/this-card-skimmer-is-so-slim-it-was-hidden-inside-the-card-slot-1631018/ https://www.geek.com/chips/this-card-skimmer-is-so-slim-it-w...
- kristianc 7y agoUnless by shady places you mean places like Target https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/target-settles-2013-hacked-customer-data-breach-18-5-million-n764031 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/target-settle... Or Adobe https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/10/adobe-to-announce-source-code-customer-data-breach/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/10/adobe-to-announce-source... Or British Airways https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/07/ba-british-airways-customers-hacked-credit-card-details-dark-web https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/07/ba-british-... Credit card details get leaked or compromised all of the time and are a dime a dozen on the dark web.