Comments on: Semi-Unorthodox Credit Card Protection Tips

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:23:18 +0000

Great tips! I wonder what the banks would do if everybody started “losing” their credit cards on a regular basis… maybe use longer numbers on the cards.

I found a few more tips at http://www.demartek.com/identitytheft200504.html.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:01:08 +0000

Awesome tips! I admit to being a little careless with my debit card info. I’m completely addicted to Amazon’s one-click shopping. I’ll just have to be more careful.

By: recog

recog — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 04:34:52 +0000

Good advice on droping the cash advance limit to zero. This is also good protection if you are trying to max credit card rewards anbd are making quasi-cash purchases that might be considered to be cash advances — if your limit is zero, you won’t be able to complete the transaction if it is, indeed, considered to be a cash advance.

Another simple safety tip is to write ‘ASK FOR PHOTO ID’ on the signature strip of your credit card with a Sharpie. While this won’t help a bit for online or phone orders (or pay at the pump) it should help a bit with cutting down fraudulent in-store purchases. If nothing else, it makes me feel a little better.

–recog
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