My wife used her card while flying US Air on a business trip the next day there was 5K charged. Flight attendant went shopping…..

I have been running cash for the most part and using PPal when needed for online purchases. Had my card hacked while getting fuel at a gas station locally. Ended up someone bought $700.00 of furniture in the state of Indiana with my card. Had to get a new card and got a refund also.

They use skimmers on the readers and also if a waiter or waitress at a restaurant takes your card to pay all they need is a front and back picture of it and it’s playtime

must be that time of year , 04:00 Sunday a charge for 49.99 appeared on my card , noticed it Monday , called bank , getting new card , I have 3 reoccurring charges that hit that card monthly I will need to get those changed before they want to pull if I get my new card in time.

this was some sort of 4wd and UTV parts place I had never ordered from

servers and databases get hacked
card info gets stolen by skimmers at gas stations and such
use it at a restaurant , the waitress takes a photo of your card front and back and either sells that info or uses it , even easier for them to sell it harder for them to get caught , why many restaurants have the terminals they bring to your table now.
you order over the phone and it gets written down
lots of ways , and it could have been any time while you had that card it was compromised


last time I had this I had gone on vacation 2013 , and then 2 months later my card was tried at a Walmart near where I went on vacation so it was fairly clear where it happened , I used it on a few things on that vacation the only time I could think that it was out of my hand was at a gas station that was pre pay only that the reader at the pump wasn't working well, guy held your card behind the bullet resistant glass while you filled up , probably taking your info down for later.
another reason you fill the tank when you get down to half so that you have the option to drive away if you don't like the station.

Had my card hacked 6 months ago. Charged a vehicle registration at motor vehicle and other charges. The cc co had their name /address and did not charge the people, said it was more money than what it was worth.
I believe the hackers know this and keep using people's cards at free will.

I like Law Dogs suggestion. My card was skimmed at a gas pump in Farmington NM. When I reported the theft, their police told me which gas pump I had used at the station. I found the problem when I got about a dozen $.99 charges from a WalMart, plus my address was somehow changed from NC to Buffalo, NY.

Recovered all funds. Capital One.

VISA gift cards are the worst. I had one hacked. Had to give them my drivers license, photo of me holding it, photo of both sides of card and copy of purchase receipt. After a month they sent me a replacement card. I went to use it that day and it was already hacked and had zero balance. Somebody at VISA had to have hacked it. I tore it up. It wasn't worth $50 to go through that process again. I have since told my relatives no gift cards anymore. Send me a check!

That's why I rarely ever use my cards. Almost always pay with cash only.

X2 on the gift cards. Wife had one for $500. she had it for awhile and we went to buy a washing machine and when they ran the card there was a balance under $1.00 left on it. I had one for $200 laying at home that I'd had for a longtime and after that I got it and went to make a purchase and only had about $30 bucks or so left. Both of us had gotten them from our employers and of course we paid tax on them as part of our income. I called on mine and all the purchases had been made on the same day in small amounts, of course there was nothing they could do about it. If caught stealing credit card information they should get their primary hand cut off and cut their opposite eye out and tell them to have a nice life. Mean way to feel yup, justified yup.

it's "the law of averages".