>>>The identify theft definitely concerns me. About two years ago I had my credit card info breached and had to get a new card, but this is much stranger.
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>>>Only once? You are lucky. When I had a Chase Credit Card, having my info breached was a regular occurrence - I think that I had to cancel the card at least 3 times. After I read that hackers tend to target Chase more than any other bank, I switched to a different bank's credit card. Three weeks after I got the card, the bank called to ask me if I had tried to purchase $10,000 worth of exercise equipment on the internet, which I definitely had not.
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>>>I have to admit that this new bank is pretty careful. Each time I make a large purchase that does not fit my spending pattenrs, they telephone me as soon as the purchase hits their system.
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>>I've got all mine setup so the instant a purchase happens i get alerts. So far I haven't ever been breached ..but it still comes in handy - for example last week I was getting charged $795 instead of $7.95 for a beer hahaha. I actually request new card numbers every year or so too.
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>I'd hate new numbers. My primary card has been replaced twice this year and each time, I have to go through a period of weeks before I have the new number memorized. PITA to have to look it up to make an online purchase.
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>Tamar
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>P.S. And in the ironic way of the world, while writing this message, my cell phone rang. It was a scam calling pretending to be the IRS. One way to know it was a scam (aside from the fact that the IRS doesn't call people and even if they did, they wouldn't use my cell, which I don't give out) is that the article was missing from in front of a few of the nouns in the recorded call. Typical mistake of a non-native speaker.

I am taking notes on how to improve my English :)