Ways to Avoid Card Skimming (theft of credit/debit info)
Hubby and I were sitting in the living room, watching tv (ok, really, I was on the laptop, he was playing with his new phone) at 8pm on Saturday night. We had just been talking about dinner, did we want to make something on the grill (steaks like planned) OR go out? The house phone rang, which is an odd as NO ONE calls the house phone, you know? Since we don't have caller ID anymore, we always look at each other ... do we wanna answer or not? I answered. It was the Bank Security Dept. They wanted Hubby so I knew it was his account. For some reason, I MADE him take the call. As I hear him saying NO, NO, and NO I close out all my windows and open up the bank website so he can log in as soon as possible. Sure enough. 10 transactions at those little Presto ATM machines outside the grocery store. $283 in Miami Beach. Another $202 at the same place. and then 8 transactions right in a row at another store in Hollywood for $262, $202 and then 6 $82. FYI - ...