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Should You Sign Your Credit Card?

It sounds like a no-brainer. You receive youryou're speaking with is legitimate. If they
credit card in the mail, along with a notedemur at all, hang up immediately and call
that tells you, among other things, to signyour credit card company's fraud line with
the back of your credit card immediately.any  details  of  the  call.
Lately, people have seriously questioned this
course of action, pointing out that if your2. Ditto for any email you receive asking you
card is stolen, a thief then has a perfectto 'verify' details for your credit card info
copy of your signature to duplicate. Instead,by clicking on a link in the email to take
say many, in the space for your signature onyou to a verification page. If it's a company
a credit card, you should write 'Ask forwith which you do business - PayPal for
Photo  I.D.'instance - open a new browser window and type
in  the  URL  to the legitimate site by hand.
It sounds like good advice. But what do the
experts have to say? According to all three3. Keep a separate low credit limit credit
major credit card companies - Visa, Mastercard for paying online - or use a credit card
Card and American Express, the answer is -company that will provide one-time
sign your credit card immediately. In fact,verification numbers. That way if your credit
all of them have rules that prohibitcard security is compromised, you're losses
merchants from accepting credit cards thatare limited by the amount available on the
don't have a valid signature. Visa statescard. Or - use a debit card that you keep
that a merchant may not complete ajust  for  online  purchases  the  same  way.
transaction  UNTIL  the  card  is  signed.
4. Reconcile your credit card bill every
Bottom line on the question of whether tomonth just as you would your checking
sign your credit card, then, is yes, youaccount. Go over the bill with your receipts,
absolutely SHOULD sign your credit card asand report any charges for which you don't
soon as you get it. But what about otherhave  a  receipt  or  don't  recognize.
security measures you can take to guard
against credit card fraud? Here are five5. If you have the option, register all your
security tips to help you safeguard yourcredit cards with a credit card registration
credit  card  security:service. In any case, write down all of your
credit card numbers, expiration dates and
1. Never give your credit card number tocontact telephone numbers for each card and
someone that calls you on the telephone. Ifkeep it in a safe place. If your wallet and
the caller purports to be from a company thatcredit cards are ever stolen, you'll have a
you do business with, or from the credit cardhandy reference to make sure that you don't
company itself, tell them that you'll callmiss anyone when you're calling to report
them back at the number that YOU have for theyour credit cards stolen.
company. That way you'll know that the person



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