Here you will find the most important tips to protect yourself on given topic:
• Keep an eye on your credit card each time you use it, and make sure you recover as quickly as possible. Whenever possible try not to let your card out of your sight.
• You should sign on your credit card after you receive it.
• The pin no or any credit card related password should be on your mind
• When you are giving your credit card information in any website, 1st check how secured it is.
• Avoid to respond to any emails if ask you to provide information on your credit card via e-mail (or over the phone) - and never respond to emails that ask you to go to any website to verify personal information. These are called "phishing" scams.
• Please do not write your pin code no or password any where.
• All the information which you are providing to get a new credit card, Please keep all these in a secured place(phone no, address, issued date, expiry date, a/c no etc.)
• If you have more than one credit card, Please carry a single credit card which one you need.
• avoid to lend a credit card to anyone.
• If you find any carbon paper while doing transaction, Please destroy the carbon paper immediately.
• You should not sign a blank credit card receipt.You can draw a line of the receipt which is blank,In which additional charges could be added by the cheater.
Now after these if you face any problem please get in touch with your credit card issuers. Certainly there should be a toll free number for customer service. Just remember, they are always waiting to help you.
***And as per the US law, If you inform to your credit card issuers after losing your credit card, then no more responsibility on your shoulder. After that your maximum liability under federal US law is $50 per credit card. And some time your card issuer will give that waiver if you are a good customer.


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