Never had fraud on credit card before an with seeing info on here anyone else cc get charges on it? My card just texted me 10 min ago an cancelled it.. Now fun starts of having to replace all cc numbers on autobill --107.77.xxx.x

Had 1 company do 236 an one 235 --107.77.xxx.x

Have your credit card company issue you an extra card on your account that has a unique number. Use that credit card for autopay accounts only. Keep it in the safe and never use it for ANYTHING else. No online shopping, no gas, nothing. By only using it for autopay only, the likelihood of that credit card number getting stolen is highly unlikely. --108.69.xxx.xxx

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Good idea. Will do --107.77.xxx.x

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I've had it happen several times. The first around 15 years ago after a trip to Vegas. I've never had to pay but it is a pain. The last time was on an AMEX and they still allowed recurring payments to go through on the old card. --70.178.x.xx

Only a $5 charge and should be reimbursed within a week. --107.5.xxx.xx

Yes a few years ago I found a charge from Lands End where I don't show. So I called them and I gave them my CC number and they were able to give me the name of the person who made the fake charge. I gave it to the police and a friend of mine did something and found his photo. His name is Mathew Robinson. I got his address to here in NJ. So my card removed the charges but I am still thinking that somehow they charged me thinking that I knew the person because I gave them his name. Don't do that. I was never called as a witness so I don't know if anyone caught him. I think he got my card number because I was buying some supplies from a NJ company and reading someone my card number. I still shop there but use PayPal and they have a better order page now. --173.61.xxx.xx

They have even set skimmers in card machines on the counters in businesses. They distract the clerk, slip the gizmo inside then leave. --47.216.xx.xxx

That’s a good idea, LLOF. --70.92.xxx.xxx

This week Citibank found a charge on my credit card from another country. So they sent me an alert. There were two charges for hundreds of dollars. They cancelled and reissued me a new credit card. --47.156.xx.xx

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In December I had two charges totaling over $8600 on my credit card. When I receive the notice at 11 PM I called to advise these were fraudulent and they were reversed. Without a notice I would’ve found out when I receive my next months statement or I was maxed out as far as credit. --172.16.xx.xxx

Both of my personal cards were compromised this week. Both hackers were from Saudi Arabia. The CC companies overnighted me new cards. DH's cards weren't affected as our CC companies issue different numbers on different cards, as noted above. --50.82.xxx.xx

The only credit card fraud I have had so far is a postal employee stole the checks my credit card sent (the use these now and get 0% for so many month ones). Fortunately I was in the hospital when she used them so it was semi easy to dispute. Also, being a postal employee I guess they take that super serious...she is in jail. I believe she also took they mayors checks too. So that probably had some weight in her being prosecuted. --68.107.xxx.x

Also, a good reminder to consider ID theft protection. We use Zander Insurance. $1 million plan costs my family for $12.90 a month. If covers all forms of ID theft including non-financial issues like Social Security fraud, tax filing fraud, hospitals when someone checks in under your name, tired secretary down at the po-po headquarters who fat-fingers you SSN into a criminal data base, etc. They assign you a case worker to clean up all the messes for you and correct the records, which in some cases takes months of calls and letters. --173.20.xxx.xxx

The second line of defense is to install alerts on all your credit cards to report any transaction larger than $1. Those alerts come to me about 1-2 minutes after the transaction takes place. --108.69.xxx.xxx

Had ours used at a gas station in Miami. Around here all gas stations ask for your zipcode. I thought the number was skimmed at a gas station but now I'm not sure. Anyway, card was cancelled. Pita to wait for a new card when it is also my Sam's club card. btw, the lady at the cc company said DON'T use it INSIDE the store at the gas station. I thought that was the safer option. I guess not. --69.160.xxx.xxx

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My bill pays are all set up through my bank, linked to my checking account. No credit cards needed. My CITI credit card has the fraud alert set on it, where they will text me when an unusual is trying to go through, and I need to approve the charge. --98.146.xxx.xxx

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My cc company froze my card after I used it at the gas station by the thru way. So I don't go there anymore. Recently it was used by someone on a dating site 3x.they froze it and changed my #. --99.203.xx.xxx

John, you can post on this site from now to infinity, and the only personal information that a hacker could get from you would be your IP address. It's an artifact of the data. Nobody is reporting that they DIDN'T get hacked. Which I didn't, btw. --204.210.xxx.xxx

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Some of the credit cards used to order a book or item through the online catalog system on this site (orders for books placed online and not by phone) were compromised when the server used for this site was recently breached. This breach did not however affect all type orders. The following type of orders were NOT compromised, including orders for credit reports (or other screening reports), download memberships, any phone orders or orders taken live at an event. None of those types of orders were compromised. We will be sending out email notifications imminently to the customers whose cards may have been exposed and we are taking the necessary precautions to deal with the breach according to the laws that cover these types of incidents. We recommend that you contact your credit card company and replace any credit card if you have used one to order a book or item through the catalog system on this site. --72.214.xx.xx

To follow-up on Jeffrey's comments; you may have also noticed that currently the online catalog order system is completely off-line. (You can still place orders by phone, 1-800-950-2250). That is because we are in the process of completely revamping how online orders are processed so that credit card information will not be stored to eliminate future possibility of exposure. Jeffrey has asked me to make sure that moving forward our goal is to do all that we can to make the site a secure site in every way we know possible and you will soon be be seeing additional updates and changes on various parts of the site. And I continue to appreciate any comments, alerts and suggestions regarding the site be sent to me at webmaster@mrlandlord.com. Thanks! --209.242.xxx.xx

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