My other half received a bill in the mail recently for a Prime credit card used back in December. He doesn't shop on Amazon---I do, but with a regular CC and it wasn't my charge. He had an Amazon Prime card, never used, still on the sheet it came in---called the company and executed a fraud case. They closed out the account and he destroyed the card.
I've had my same CC for a long time that I use frequently but it got compromised TWICE in a relatively short period of time. It's always important to check your statements on a regular basis. What someone else said here---thieves use bots to hi-jack numbers then they try it out to see if it works.
Up north---I had a CC that I'd used but then didn't close the account for some reason, but it had actually been open for maybe 2 yrs or better of my none-use. Got a statement for a considerable amount that I hadn't made----I reported it and the CC company took care of it. Wonder why our interest rates on CC are so high---it's to pay those fees, I'd wager. I try to pay off my card monthly now....and I shop with Amazon and other entities quite often.
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