What do you do After a Dive Trip?
#1
Posted 12 January 2009 - 05:54 PM
#2
Posted 12 January 2009 - 06:18 PM
As for protecting from identity theft I always make sure i never let the card out of my sight (Ie you run it in my presence, without any slight of hand) and no old fashion knuckle busters slips. Then depending on the trip I have called the issuer and had the card number canceled and reissued because of something fishy. Online is easy for me in that the issuers will give me virtual numbers to use for online purchases and those are one-time use so even if compromised no damage can be done once used).
Hope I didnt go over your head. any other questions
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#3
Posted 12 January 2009 - 07:09 PM
#4
Posted 12 January 2009 - 07:53 PM
This did happen to me on one trip to Cozumel. I came back and they called me about some charges in NYC as I was in Denver. So it was caught and cleared up really fast.
#5
Posted 12 January 2009 - 08:02 PM
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Posted 12 January 2009 - 09:49 PM
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Posted 12 January 2009 - 10:02 PM
#8
Posted 12 January 2009 - 10:05 PM
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#9
Posted 12 January 2009 - 10:38 PM
Damsel - the reason there have been issues in mexico is the reason i dont let my card out of my sight. In those cases the staff are being paid to collect mag strip info on little devices about the size of a pager that captures all of the info so that they can make duplicate cards and go on a shopping spree. There are a few variations to this but that's the basic idea.
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#10
Posted 12 January 2009 - 11:30 PM
#11
Posted 13 January 2009 - 06:55 AM
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#12
Posted 13 January 2009 - 07:55 AM
You are wise beyond your years, young lady...I hear of this happening a lot in Mexico. I won' t use a credit card down there. I bring cash. ~ D
(Or is that sly between your ears? Shy behind your tears? I'm sssoooooo confused... )
Do you prefer to exchange your $$$ for Pesos on any particular side of the border? I purchase meals and souvenirs in P's but usually tip in $$$, I presume even after the last few years good ol' USD still carries a certain cachet with our sombrero sporting compadres.
In a slightly less glib vein, you may ad me to the stung list; only once, years ago and ironically also a week or so after a Coz dive trip. The ID theft risk is real. Caveat emptor, ya'll.
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#13
Posted 13 January 2009 - 08:12 AM
Oh my! Did I ever mention that spirited, assertive, independent women make me weak in the knees?...*SNIP* ...I save all my receipts, check my credit card and bank accounts online frequently.. and I download to my quicken database and correlate with the receipts. Any discrepancy, and the card issuer is getting a call. I have also started calling the CC company when I am leaving the country. *SNIP* ...I was quite pissed off. My two real issues with fraud actually happened in the good old US of A. *SNIP* ...I was appalled when I went to my gym to give them my new card number to see the staff member throw the cc slip they had made a mistake on WITH my new number on it into the trash can.. AFTER I had explained I had just gotten a new number due to fraud. Their supervisor got a good talking to LOL.
Finally broken to the plow and harnessed to the traces. How may I help you today? Questions welcomed to charlies@singledivers.com
"My secret to maintaining this goofy façade? It ain't no façade." - Brad, the
"I don't make up jokes; I just observe Congress and report the facts." - Will Rogers
#14
Posted 13 January 2009 - 10:39 PM
Oh my! Did I ever mention that spirited, assertive, independent women make me weak in the knees?...*SNIP* ...I save all my receipts, check my credit card and bank accounts online frequently.. and I download to my quicken database and correlate with the receipts. Any discrepancy, and the card issuer is getting a call. I have also started calling the CC company when I am leaving the country. *SNIP* ...I was quite pissed off. My two real issues with fraud actually happened in the good old US of A. *SNIP* ...I was appalled when I went to my gym to give them my new card number to see the staff member throw the cc slip they had made a mistake on WITH my new number on it into the trash can.. AFTER I had explained I had just gotten a new number due to fraud. Their supervisor got a good talking to LOL.
LOL. That's great. Good to know that works sometimes!!! I have always wondered why it doesn't work on Kamala. She calls me high maintenance (but stands corrected)!!!!
#15
Posted 13 January 2009 - 11:37 PM
The only time it has happened was when I was in Miami for 24 hours and checked into a budget hotel that looked very nice in the photos at the Miami Airport. When I got there, it turned out to be a "no tell hotel" and the creep at the desk copied my credit card number when he swiped it to pay for my room (which had not been cleaned after an obvious two person "party"). Fortunately that was the only place in Florida I had used my credit card so when the charges came in (all from Home Depot in various Florida towns), I knew exactly who dun it.
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