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Spoon · 06-26-2012, 10:11 AM

In the last month, both my wife and I had security problems with our credit cards.

For my visa, someone tried to use those free cheques that comes with my monthly statements to make a deposit into their account. Luckily the bank caught it so crisis averted and they reissued a new cc. As for my wife, someone cancelled her master card and issued another supplementary card for themselves. They used it for about $400 worth of gas around Vancouver, but fortunately, master card (or I guess the gas stations) will absorb the costs.

Our assumption is that the thief took our mail at some point in time, so was able to access our personal information to pull some of this off. Anyhow, was wondering if anyone had been in a similar situation and what measures you took to make things more secure. Should I just reissue new cards for everything or would that not help at all?

06-26-2012, 10:11 AM	#1
Spoon I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: VAN/RMD/BBY Posts: 2,596 Thanked 1,022 Times in 450 Posts Failed 54 Times in 30 Posts	Stolen Mail and CC In the last month, both my wife and I had security problems with our credit cards. For my visa, someone tried to use those free cheques that comes with my monthly statements to make a deposit into their account. Luckily the bank caught it so crisis averted and they reissued a new cc. As for my wife, someone cancelled her master card and issued another supplementary card for themselves. They used it for about $400 worth of gas around Vancouver, but fortunately, master card (or I guess the gas stations) will absorb the costs. Our assumption is that the thief took our mail at some point in time, so was able to access our personal information to pull some of this off. Anyhow, was wondering if anyone had been in a similar situation and what measures you took to make things more secure. Should I just reissue new cards for everything or would that not help at all?