Keeping Your Credit Cards Safe

To take care of your credit cards you might think about some of these common sense thoughts:

• Sign your credit cards as soon as you receive them.
• Do not carry your credit cards in your wallet If possible. Instead keep them in a pocket within your clothing so that they are less likely to be stolen.
• Keep in a safe place the numbers for your accounts and the dates of expiration of the cards. Ideally learn them by heart and then destroy any record of these card details.
• When making a transaction with your card, do not lose sight of the card and and recover the card as quickly as possible.
• Ensure any incorrect receipts show that the transaction has been cancelled and that you have not been charged.
• Destroy regularly the copies of your receipts that the shop where you use your credit card will give to you when you make a purchase.
• Only keep the receipts long enough to check the purchases with your statement of account.
• If you see a transaction on your credit card statement notify the card provider immediately and query the purchase.
• Advise your credit card provider in advance of any change of residential address.