Stolen credit card number -- again!

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Observant readers will remember that my credit card number was used to try and buy laptops in Edmonton last year, even though I wasn't in Edmonton. CIBC's fraud protection team noticed, denied the transactions, cancelled my card, and called me all in the same day. Good work!

Well this week, someone else got my card number, but it was local. They went on a multi-hundred-dollar shopping spree at The Bay right beside my work, and then at Talbot's. These are not really my type of store. But being local, it didn't trigger the fraud squad, so when I noticed it this afternoon I called them and cancelled my card.

So now another new Visa number to memorize (or not, since that would be smarter, but of course that won't work). I always write in big letters on my card "ASK FOR ID" but sadly most people don't. Sadder still, apparently The Bay and Talbot's are willing to type in card numbers rather than swipe them. Morons.

I need a Frappuccino to make me feel better.

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I know they *can* punch it in, but I don't know if they normally would. One thought I had was that the card was fake so it didn't scan properly, under which circumstances they would punch it in (I've had that happen to me, at least).