foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

And did they arrest the son of a bitch who tried to make the charge???

Drigby1 Loc: American Fork, UT

On any card reader, like at a gas pump or ATM you just give a firm tug. It will not harm the machine. These thieves don’t have time to securely attach it, they just place it and go away. I always tug everywhere. Many videos have been made about this. Good luck, be safe.

drklrd Loc: Cincinnati Ohio

They still cannot stop the theft though and that chip in the card was supposed to help with theft too. The chip card just opened up a new can of worms as does the use of cell phone banking.

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

Drigby1 Loc: American Fork, UT

With research I found they can’t touch the chip cards. In the slot with no scammer device on outside they are safe. Europe has had chip cards for 20 years. Very very few problems. Just a tug to see if a scammer device on top of regular reader is all you need to do. What is not safe is Google or Apple Pay where you wave the phone at the device. They still have to be in range and looking for it.

One Jughead Loc: Greene County, OH

Equifax has a Lock & Alert that is free for a lifetime.
You can lock and unlock it as needed. Will alert you if someone is trying to open an account with your ID.
Also have an app for the smart phone.
Price is right

Drigby1 Loc: American Fork, UT

I have one I pay $9 from equifax, and trust ID from TransUnion and a free lock from Experian. Also have credit card protection and free credit report, a purchase protection alert on Debit card, Intego software for computer, Spam protection for phone calls free.

Joecosentino Loc: Whitesboro, New York

I just had to freeze all three agencies. Someone attempted to open a capital one account. Cap one contacted me confirmed it wasn't me closed out the application and they recommended placing a freeze on the 3 credit services.
It is starting to tick me off that these companies can gather so much information about us and it seems like they are rountinly being hacked. I would love to have a way to opt out and not have them collecting any data on me.

drklrd Loc: Cincinnati Ohio

Opting out from the credit agencies would mean you are off the grid and no more credit for you. You then would work an all cash environment. Disappear from the web and local banks for a year and remove all websites you belong to for anything especially shopping and you can be free of the credit agencies. Until you do that you are stuck with them plus they charge you for services unless someone turned you down for credit and then you have one hell of a time fixing the problem. They need more monitoring by the feds? More monitoring could make it worse. I find it is a no win for us. Back in the 50's and 60's 70's as they evolved the computer era evolved and they both hooked up with each other. I used to skip trace people back in the 70's. You always leave a bread crumb trail in life and that trail is what the credit bureaus follow really good since they hooked up with computers. The way out is to disappear from the digital world.