A nice article articulating a credit card counselors viewpoint on how to go guard your credit card number.
Would you consider taking a blank check from your checkbook, signing it, and then leaving it on the counter at a convenience store? Would you leave a wallet full of cash lying around in public?
Of course not. In fact, these are ridiculous questions.
Nevertheless, many people carelessly extend an open invitation for strangers to steal from them by not guarding their credit card information carefully enough. Unfortunately, with just your credit card number and expiration date, it’s not that difficult for someone else to charge purchases to your account. That’s why credit card fraud is so high – it’s a combination of the lackadaisical attitudes people have toward their cards and other people’s willingness to steal from them if they make it easy enough. Read the full article at Financial Counselors.
