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Originally posted by iccky
Since it was an online purchase, the numbers really could have been stolen by anyone who had acces to your card for 30 seconds out of your sight. I've heard that some waiters and storeclerks keep two credit card scanners, one that is real and one in their pocket that can record all of your information for their own use.
Do you shread your credit card bills?
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I have never paid anything "in the flesh" with my credit card. I only used it for online purchases, and only at two websites. But you're right: anyone could have taken it for a few seconds to copy the numbers. It's just very unlikely - I'm *very* paranoid about my wallet.
The police officer I talked to mentioned that he had seen four cases of credit card fraud in the last couple of months, all involving the same type of card I use. It's a specific type that has an online summary (only online, so no weekly mailings); there's pretty much no other credit card that uses an online system like that. That might be the source of the fraud - the website shows the credit card number *and* expiry date on the same page. It may be encrypted, but a hacker might be able to get that info...