OMG-2nd credit card compromised in 45 days

Welcome to my world. I have had the same account hacked twice within one month! The last time was last Sunday when we had just started our vacation. There isn't anything you can do differently because I take all the precautions mentioned and it still keeps happening. I only use Paypal, reputable sites etc. This last one was charged to a Russian mobile site. The new card number was only on Amazon and Amazon was one of the sites breached in that massive Russian data breach.

It is a pita. We have a separate card for recurrent charges that does not get used for anything other than the recurrent charges to cut down the the irritation factor of having the keep contacting companies.

This just happened to me - my debit card number was used to purchase several hundred dollars' worth of items at a Home Depot in another state last week. I only have one card and it's always in my possession. Luckily my credit union caught it right away and shut the account down. I've had to have cards replaced before due to security breaches (Target, Michaels, etc.) but this is the first time that I've ever had fraudulent activity on an account.

ETA: My credit union is pretty sure that the fraudulent activity on my account is due to a security breach at Jimmy John's.

Ugh- I feel your pain, so sorry you are having to deal with this. Thieves suck.

I had it happen to me once about 18 months ago.....what a PITA. It seems to be happening so much more these days to the point that it's almost worth going back to the days of cash and writing checks. The damn theives are getting so sophisticated...if only they put that much effort and intelligience to do good in the world.

My card was comprised as well in the middle of the night, there were 4 charges that came through. I used my card online at a Scrapbook daily site, but other than that nothing out of the ordinary. I was signed up for 3 monitoring services at one company and another charge for a 3-d model place. It is frustrating to say the least.

We just received a call from our bank this morning regarding 'unusual activity' on our debit card. DH is looking into it as I type.

Ugh. Stupid hackers.

L

I,too, had a card that hadn't been used or even activated used fraudulently on line

I think their systems are more sensitive. I think every card we have (3) and our debit cards have been re-issued at least once so far this year. One was re-issued twice.

Our Canadian CC had a Canadian cable provider charge on it for like $60. So they couriered us a new card. I don't think it's our abuse or misuse that causes it anymore.

This problem is rampant.  We've experienced the same thing.  Both times it's been at restaurants where the waitress takes your card away from your table.  Within an hour, the scam begins.  Mine happened at a Ruby Tuesdays and DH at a mountain lodge...but both places had college students working there from the nearby university.
When mine happened, I was playing cards a few days later with three ladies...all three had been hit within the month.  One was at a Vietnamese nail salon, another at a restaurant in Scottsdale.  The police actually interviewed the nail salon case and said what happens is you simply put your cell phone over the card, take a photo and it gets sent out to a network of scammers worldwide.
I now seldom use a card in a restaurant as they are some of the only businesses where the card goes out of your site.  In Europe they come to your table and process the transaction in front of you.  

I got the call from the bank yesterday that a card I have not used since June now was being used fraudulently. Since the user had an actual physical card, the bank person says thus would not have been a database theft. More likely the card was swiped by a card reader when i was using it in previous months. Perhaps the thief only recently sold it which is. why it was used now. I carry all my cards in RFID safe envelopes, so I know the theft is not from someone walking by me with a scanner
Very frustrating. But kudos to the fraud departments for picking these things up so quickly!

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Ok not sure if I am using the quote feature correctly. But the above suggestion is brilliant and i am going to consider doing that. I do have a card with a very low limit that I only use for on line purchases. So far, that one has never been compromised but if it is , I will know it was done by an online merchant.