Comment on How do I prevent hackers from stealing my debit card information?
digger@latte.isnot.coffee [bot] 11 months ago
Have you used these cards in public? Your information could have been picked up by card skimmer.
At least where I live, it's very common to hand payment cards over to wait staff at restaurants. I had my card information compromised during a visit to Boston several years ago.
Snowman44@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Our last card was stolen by someone in great Britain. We’re in the USA. I don’t think they’re being stolen by someone locally unless our information is being sold on the dark web.
topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The card thief won’t use it, they will sell them to someone else. Which will certainly sell it to another person.
brygphilomena@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Credit card numbers go for something as low as a few bucks a number. I think last time I was rolling around the dark net markets they were $4.
It’s quick and easy to steal. They collect a bunch and sell them and the other people take the risk of using them.