| The information on your credit card is not as secure | | | | you to realize that you may have unwittingly disclosed |
| as you might believe. It is possible for anyone to | | | | information on your credit card to strangers. Unsolicited |
| acquire your credit card information simply by hacking | | | | calls by strangers asking users for their credit card and |
| into a merchant database, stealing your card, or asking | | | | social security numbers are one of the many scams |
| you for the information it contains. Whilst the first | | | | that have plagued users. It is therefore important to |
| scenario has a lower chance of happening, it is not | | | | remember that you are not obligated to disclose your |
| impossible. If this happens, credit card companies will | | | | credit card number to anyone over the phone.Apart |
| notify their users and reissue the credit cards to | | | | from that, when making purchases with your credit |
| replace those in which security has been | | | | card, you should never sign on a blank receipt. Keep all |
| compromised.On your part, having your card or identity | | | | your receipts to prevent others from obtaining your |
| stolen has a greater effect on you as an individual. If | | | | credit card number and the expiration date. Usually, |
| this happens with you being aware of it, you should | | | | these two pieces of information are enough to allow |
| report the loss to your credit card company | | | | an online transaction to go through. As for online |
| immediately. In most cases, it has been found that | | | | transactions, always use a private computer to make |
| victims of credit card theft pay no more than $50 for | | | | the transactions rather than on a computer in a cyber |
| all unauthorized purchases charged by the thief. It is | | | | cafe. You should also make all card transactions on |
| also a good idea to always keep a photocopy of both | | | | your own, even if you are paying for someone else. |
| sides of your credit card as well as the contact | | | | Finally, when you are closing your account, it is best to |
| number of your card company in case of | | | | cut up your card before mailing it back to the credit |
| emergencies like this.At time, it may not be easy for | | | | card company. |