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Originally Posted by PennBF
Check your credit card charges on a daily basis and if you spot a $1.00 charge call
and contest it as this is a method some use to see if you are watching charges to
your credit card. If you don't contest it right away the hacker knows your careless with card charges and next time will bill a much greater sum against your card.  |
Checking your credit card charges daily is not nearly often enough. It's better to set up an alert online that will send you a text or email every time you make a charge. If someone steals your card number, they can make charges up to the credit limit in a few hours.