Anecdata: After 20 years of not having credit card problems, about four years ago my wife and I had to replace our card about twice a year due to the number ge

Anecdata: After 20 years of not having credit card problems, about four years ago my wife and I had to replace our card about twice a year due to the number getting stolen. This happened six or seven times. The best is when the credit card company asked us to confirm we had sent a payment of $200 to a prisoner in Venezuela. Since then I have strictly paid with cash at gas stations, but haven't changed my credit card use anywhere else. We have had to replace the card exactly once in the past three years.