Credit card fraud is still on the increase into the January sales, and they haven’t ended yet. In fact it’s more than likely that the January sales will continue into Fenruary and then turn miraculously into the easter sales etc etc…
The things they do to make us spend our money and create huge credit card bills. Well imagine all the people in the world being influenced by these great offers and sales everywhere. Now consider that theives are also influenced by this, and they need someone’s credit card to have a good time in the sales. That someone could be you.
This time of year requires you to be extra vigilant against these people. They will pick your pockets, they will con you, and they will mug you if they have to, just as long as they get their hands on your cash; that’s all they want. They know what to do with your credit card better than you do, and by the time you get home or find out in some way that your credit card is missing they’ll have maxed it out before you get a chance to cancel it; these people act quickly so beware.
This isn’t exclusive to physically stealing your credit card. The sales also attract a lot of online credit card details theives who will stop at nothing to get your information. They’ll send you emails pretending that you’ve won some prize maybe. These ones are particularly clever sometimes because they will work on a tracking cookie on you computer to tell them where you’ve been visiting lately. They will use this information to specifically target you for online credit card fraud. Be careful!