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Also I had my cc used fraudulently for the first time this year. Was pretty freaky. I had ordered some sports stuff online and pretty sure customer service lifted my number but can;t prove it. They tried to order a bunch of stuff from Lowes and shipped it out to limitles place in BC. Luckily Lowes called me because it was being shipped so far away and order was cancelled before anything else happened. No other charges and everything seemed fine but man it was stressful.
Credit card fraud is just an annoyance, but it's not a huge deal.
Credit card companies never charge you for the fraudulent purchases, and it's relatively easy to report them, get them taken off your bill, and to get a new card number rushed to you.
It can be a pain when it comes to changing your stored credit card numbers and auto-bill suff, but it's not the huge deal people make it out to be.
Having your bank account info stolen and used (as I did last year) is much worse.