Credit card hacked - resortforaday?

[lucyglucose]

I just had some suspicious charges on the card that I have been using for my travel bookings. (All is well; AMEX took care of it and FedExing me a new card before my trip.) Looking through my normal charges from the past month, the only thing that strikes me as different from my usual pattern is my resortforaday booking. Out of curiosity, has anyone else used resortforaday and subsequently experienced credit card compromise?

 

 

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[cb at sea]

Hacking can happen anywhere.....no real way to tell. I've had multiple cards "hacked" over the years with no rhyme or reason to it.

[Keith1010]

I agree. Hacking can happen anytime and it could have been from a charge a few months back.

 

The reality is you will never know for sure but the key you are not responsible for the charge.

 

Keith

[zqvol]

Likely had nothing to do with a specific site. It happens all the time. I would expect that your number was generated randomly or else someone within the past couple of years improperly disposed of a receipt with your number on it. A lesson to be learned though, is never travel with just one card.

[sail7seas]

In what port were you booking Resort for a day?

 

 

 

 

Happy AmEx handled it well for you.

[FredT]

Just before Christmas I had to do a bit of shopping, so I grabbed a credit card I had not used in over 2 years. Went to the mall, did NOT see what I wanted and went home. On arriving at home, there was a message from the C/C companies fraud dept, asking if i had used the card in Jamiaca a few minutes before.

 

Nope, but when I queried them they said that I had probably been scanned by a portable c/c reader while walking in the mall... A common occurrence these days.

[Langley Cruisers]

... when I queried them they said that I had probably been scanned by a portable c/c reader while walking in the mall... A common occurrence these days.

 

You can easily purchase an RFID blocking wallet or sleeve for your cards. They are available at luggage stores, Walmart, Bed Bath and Beyond, etc.

[teknoge3k]

You can easily purchase an RFID blocking wallet or sleeve for your cards. They are available at luggage stores, Walmart, Bed Bath and Beyond, etc.

 

 

You can get a set of 18 sleeves on Amazon for under $10. This includes 14 credit card sleeves and 4 passport sleeves.

 

This is one reason I mainly use my phone to pay for purchases now.

[lucyglucose]

In what port were you booking Resort for a day?

 

 

 

 

Happy AmEx handled it well for you.

 

 

 

Ocho Ríos

 

 

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[Langley Cruisers]

You can get a set of 18 sleeves on Amazon for under $10. This includes 14 credit card sleeves and 4 passport sleeves.

 

Yep, sounds good. There is no reason not to use them - they are readily available.

[billslowsky]

Ocho Ríos

 

 

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That'll do it. Anywhere near Jamaica would do it.

[RandallFlagg]

You can easily purchase an RFID blocking wallet or sleeve for your cards. They are available at luggage stores, Walmart, Bed Bath and Beyond, etc.

 

 

Indeed. Never leave home without a RFID blocking wallet and DW has a RFID blocking purse. Knock on wood - haven't been hacked (yet)

[jlp20]

Local man went to buy tires. Time to pay he produced credit card. Salesman says card reader not working, but that he can swipe the card at the garage register. Man is gone less than five minutes and returns with paperwork. As the warranty is being explained his phone rings. Credit card company checking to see if he authorized purchase of jewelry in Brazil. Salesman used a "skimmer" to copy CC info and sent it to accomplice who used it immediately on line sale.

Nowadays there hundreds of possibilities of being ripped off. I stopped worrying about it years ago. I just watch what I do and have my bank and credit cards set up to question any high transactions.

[Krazy Kruizers]

There are all kinds of crooks everywhere.

I keep track of everything and check my bills on line every couple of days.

[Keith1010]

I have learned to check credit cards and other related items daily because things can happen quickly.

 

The key though is if you discover it yourself to report it right away and sometimes the Credit Card company will discover it first. We will also check our financial related items when we cruise or are away from home as we would at home.

 

Keith

[zqvol]

Indeed. Never leave home without a RFID blocking wallet and DW has a RFID blocking purse. Knock on wood - haven't been hacked (yet)

 

Good peace of mind for you but an absolute waste of money. That is not how 99.9% CC's are improperly used or accessed, but it makes you feel better.

[haladdict]

Am I sure that the white protective sleeves help. We use them and our cards were hacked anyway.

The cards have to come out of the sleeves sometime.