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    Credit card fraud costs cardholders and issuers hundreds of millions of dollars each year. The Better Business Bureau offers tips to help protect against fraud, including signing cards immediately, keeping records of account information, monitoring cards during transactions, destroying carbon copies, reconciling statements promptly, and reporting any unauthorized charges or lost cards right away. Following these tips can make it more difficult for thieves to steal card numbers and commit fraud.

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    Credit card fraud costs cardholders and issuers hundreds of millions of dollars each year. The Better Business Bureau offers tips to help protect against fraud, including signing cards immediately, keeping records of account information, monitoring cards during transactions, destroying carbon copies, reconciling statements promptly, and reporting any unauthorized charges or lost cards right away. Following these tips can make it more difficult for thieves to steal card numbers and commit fraud.

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    Credit card fraud costs cardholders and issuers hundreds of millions of dollars each year. The Better Business Bureau offers tips to help protect against fraud, including signing cards immediately, keeping records of account information, monitoring cards during transactions, destroying carbon copies, reconciling statements promptly, and reporting any unauthorized charges or lost cards right away. Following these tips can make it more difficult for thieves to steal card numbers and commit fraud.

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    Protect Yourself from Credit
    Card Fraud
    Part # I - What You Should Do
    Ridgeland, September 28, - Credit card fraud costs
    cardholders and issuers hundreds of millions of dollars each
    year. It is not always possible to prevent such fraud, but there
    are some steps that ean be taken to make it more difficult for a
    crook to steal card numbers.
    The Better Business Bureau (BBS) Serving Missis­
    sippi offiors these tipSorthings-i{)doln order to help protect
    yourselffrom credit card fraud:

    'Sign your cards as soon as they arrive.


    'CartY your cards separately from your wallet.
    ·Keep a record ofyour account numbers, eXpil"dtion'
    dates, and phone numbers for the companies issuing cards,
    ·Keep an eye on your card during transactions and
    retrieve it as quickly as possible.
    'Void any incorrect receipts.
    ·Destroy any carbon and carbon copies.
    'Save receipts to compare with billing statements,
    'Reconcile account statements promptly.
    ·Report any questionable charges promptly and in
    writing to the card issuer.
    'Notify card companies of address changes in ad­
    vance.
    'Report stolen or lost cards promptly.

    "If you lose your card, or if you realize it has been


    stolen, immediately call the issuers. Many companies have
    toll·free numbers and 24-hour service to deal with such emer­
    gencies,» said Bill Mosk, President/CEO of the Mississippi
    BBB.

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