A tip that may or may not travel well: some banks can set a "security passphrase" or passcode that must be provided before they will do anything for you. A few

A tip that may or may not travel well: some banks can set a "security passphrase" or passcode that must be provided before they will do anything for you. A few years back I had someone compromise my credit card and somehow answer enough questions to increase the credit limit on the card substantially. This was the bank's response to this. No bank advertises this from what I can tell.