| You have to guard your credit card or credit card | | | | cards so that you have fewer to report if you |
| number just like you guard your home keys! | | | | lose your wallet or you are robbed.Keep the |
| Somebody who knows your credit card number | | | | numbers to report your lost or stolen credit card |
| and expiration date can put you in thousands of | | | | in a safe place so that you will have access to |
| dollars of debt in a few minutes.Most common | | | | them immediately.Do not ever leave your purse |
| credit card crime involves stealing or losing a | | | | or wallet unattended in public.Whenever you buy |
| credit card. A thief can get your credit card by | | | | something, do not forget to get your credit card |
| stealing your wallet or burglarizing your home. Also | | | | back.When you are home, keep your credit cards |
| a "sold" store employee can copy your card to be | | | | in some place that would not be so obvious for |
| sold on the black market. They do not have to | | | | burglars to find.When you receive your card, sign |
| physically have your card to take advantage of it. | | | | it immediately.Do not lend your card to anybody. |
| Knowing the credit card number and expiration | | | | If you want someone else to buy something with |
| date is enough in most cases for credit card | | | | your card, do the transaction yourself.Watch the |
| fraud.Another way for credit card fraud to take | | | | expiration dates and be aware of the times that |
| place is by offering you some discounted | | | | your new cards should arrive. Let the credit card |
| merchandise or telling you that you have won a | | | | issuer know if you do not get your card on |
| prize. A telemarketer calls you and tells that you | | | | time.Keep your mailbox secure; only you and your |
| won something, then asks for your credit card | | | | postal carrier should have access to it.All credit |
| number for "shipping charges". They either send | | | | card receipts and pre-approved credit card offers |
| you something worthless or nothing at all.Your | | | | must be torn into tiny pieces before being thrown |
| credit card may also be stolen from your | | | | away and billing statements should be kept in a |
| mail-box before you even receive it. To avoid this | | | | safe place.If you want to close your account and |
| kind of fraud now, most of the credit card issuers | | | | you have to send the card back to the issuer, cut |
| require that you call from home to activate your | | | | it into several pieces before you post it.If you use |
| card.Although credit card fraud has popped up on | | | | you credit card to make an online purchase, make |
| the Internet as well, it has not become | | | | sure you see the small key or lock at the bottom |
| widespread since most of the websites use a | | | | left of your browser before you type in your |
| "secure" mode for transactions; meaning | | | | credit card number.Do not ever give your credit |
| scrambling the numbers to disguise them before | | | | card number or personal information to some |
| sending them over the Internet.There are some | | | | stranger or telemarketer who calls you on the |
| actions to take to guard your credit card from | | | | phone. |
| fraud:Do not carry more than one or two credit | | | | |