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How Can Someone Steal Your Credit Card While It's Still in Your Wallet?

It makes sense to see fraudulent charges on a bank statement after someone snags your wallet, but how do thieves steal your credit card without taking it?

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How Can Someone Steal Your Credit Card While It's Still in Your Wallet?

How Can Someone Steal Your Credit Card While It's Still in Your Wallet?

It makes sense to see fraudulent charges on a bank statement after someone snags your wallet, but how do thieves steal your credit card without taking it?

Christine DiGangi

What Really Happens After Your Credit Card Is Stolen

What Really Happens After Your Credit Card Is Stolen

What exactly happens to your credit card data after it's stolen? We take a peek inside the cybercriminal underground to explore this frightening reality.

Theresa Payton

600 Retailers Caught Up in Massive Malware Attack

600 Retailers Caught Up in Massive Malware Attack

Hundreds of retailers have been the subject of attacks by difficult-to-detect malware, which steals customer information using popular remote-access applications like Microsoft Remote Desktop, Apple R

Christine DiGangi

The Everyday Household Item That Can Keep Your Credit Card Safe

The Everyday Household Item That Can Keep Your Credit Card Safe

Contactless payment technology makes transactions convenient. It can also leave you vulnerable to ID theft. Luckily, this household item can help you out.

Christine DiGangi

9 Hotel Gotchas

9 Hotel Gotchas

It's summer travel season, and that means vacations, road trips and hotel stays. And when you check into a hotel, don't fall for these scams and fees.

Bob Sullivan

12-Year-Old Used Stolen Credit Cards to Fund Puppet Show

12-Year-Old Used Stolen Credit Cards to Fund Puppet Show

Donations made with stolen card numbers are still credit card fraud -- and a youngster who tried it may have ultimately hurt the cause he wanted to support.

Christine DiGangi

Strippers Accused of Drugging, Stealing $200K From Patrons

Strippers Accused of Drugging, Stealing $200K From Patrons

Some wealthy patrons of a strip club got more than they bargained for -- credit card theft and photos that might make them hesitate to report the crime.

Christine DiGangi

Should Data Breaches Scare You Away From Online Shopping?

Should Data Breaches Scare You Away From Online Shopping?

After the recent data breaches of high-profile companies, it seems many shoppers view online shopping as more risky. So what can consumers do?

Jeanne Kelly

Forget the Target Breach: Medical ID Theft Is Even Scarier

Forget the Target Breach: Medical ID Theft Is Even Scarier

If the massive wave of breaches suffered by retailing icons Target, Neiman-Marcus and Sally’s Beauty haven’t scared you, medical ID theft will.

Adam Levin

Sally Beauty Hit By Credit Card Data Breach

Sally Beauty Hit By Credit Card Data Breach

Thousands of credit and debit card numbers seem to have been stolen from Sally Beauty Supply, a national beauty-products chain, according to a new report.

Christine DiGangi

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