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Originally Posted by Advogado
Just got a call from VISA that our card had been cloned, used in places as diverse as Minnesota and Milan, Italy, and had, therefore, been canceled.
The usual scam is that a waiter in a restaurant, which is about the only place where you don't keep control of your card, runs it through a small device that records the data on the magnetic strip. We haven't used that credit card recently in any restaurants outside The Villages area.
Just curious as to whether anybody else has had a similar problem.
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Unfortunately this is a pretty common occurence when traveling overseas. I have had this occur in Rome, Vienna and Bangkok over the years.
Best advice when traveling is to only use one card and to go online daily to monitor that all charges are legitimate. Once you see unauthorized charges start to show up you can call and have the card cancelled. You will not be responsible for those charges and can then begin to use a different card while you await replacement of the compromised card.