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Credit card fraud

I spent three weeks in Italy, probably my favorite country in the world, in March-April ’07. One negative occurrence on my trip — I had my credit card number ripped off somehow. Fortunately, Visa’s computer caught and prevented over $8,000 in fraudulent charge attempts in Seoul, Korea.

I couldn’t arrange to get a replacement card while I was there, but I did have a backup American Express card.

JAMES JOHNSON
Incline Village, NV

From the February 2008 issue.

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