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I didn’t know anything about this issue. Watching Jean Chatzky on television Friday, I learned that credit card users will suffer yet another financial blow starting as early as next week (February 2013). Under new credit card regulations, merchants who take credit card payments will be able to charge credit card users more than what other customers will pay using …
Here we go again. Another massive cyber crime exposing millions of Americans to global identify theft, at a cost to taxpayers to now provide fraud monitoring to those victims. This week’s target – South Carolina’s Department of Revenue database. The breach, reportedly perpetrated by an individual operating out of the Soviet Union, exposed the personal information, including names, addresses, social security …
Another day, another friend with a personal financial crisis. The latest, a friend who had unauthorized activity perpetrated through illegal access to his debit card. I received this latest request for advice and assistance from a friend through FaceBook, of all places. Turns out someone obtained his debit card information, and withdrew the funds from his checking account. He was already working with …
I learned of this scam against credit cards while volunteering during my shift in the kitchen at our church’s bingo one night. A small charge, an amount under a dollar up to a few dollars, appears on your credit card statement. Due to the insignificance of the amount, you don;t bother spending any time trying to figure out what it …
Skimming, the act of gaining unlawful access to card holder’s information, is becoming much more prevalent. Identity thieves getting much more brazen regarding how and where they skim your credit and debit card information. Be vigilant. Time and again I have posted regarding the use of a credit card over a debit card. The main issue is that with your …