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Tips for preventing credit card fraud:
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Work
with American Express® to prevent credit card
fraud by applying the following tips to your everyday
life:
- Never let anyone else use your credit card
- Immediately sign the back of new credit cards
- Always destroy old, expired cards
- Protect your credit cards just as you would cash
- Never write your card number on the outside of an envelope
or postcard
- Never write—or allow a merchant to write—your
card number on a check for identification purposes
- When paying bills, only mail checks with
your card number on them in envelopes
that aren't
see-through
- Tear up pre-approved credit card offers,
old checks, and deposit slips before
throwing them
away
- Never write your Personal Identification
Number (PIN) on your cards
- Never carry your PIN in your wallet
or purse
- If you don't plan to leave
a tip, draw a line through the "tip" or
blank lines on the charge slip.
This will prevent someone else from adding more to the
total.
- Keep copies of your charge
slips and returns. Compare
these to
your statement
when it
arrives
- Immediately call the card
issuer should
an unrecognized
charge or
charges appear
on one of
your statements
- When ordering online, only
use "Secure" Web
pages (a Web page is secure if there is a locked
padlock in the
lower left-hand corner of your browser)
- Never release your card
number, card identification
number,
PIN, or password
to an unknown
party (Note: Credit
Card Companies will not request any of this information
if we are
calling
you—we may only
request this information
if you are calling
us. Beware of parties
contacting you and
requesting
this information)
- Safeguard all of your
personal information,
especially
your Social Security
Number (SSN) and
date of
birth—this
information can be used to steal your identity.
If your drivers license number is the same as your
SSN, you may
want to request
a new license with a different number
- Review your credit
bureau reports
regularly. This
may be the
only way to identify
fraudulent activity
if
you are
the victim of identity
theft—or sign up for CreditSecure® from
American Express and let us monitor your credit
for you
- Keep a list of
all your credit
card
numbers in
case of theft,
and notify
each card
issuer immediately
if
theft
occurs—or
better yet, sign up for Credit Card RegistrySM,
a service from American Express that will handle
all of this for
you. Call 1-800-CCR-AMEX ext. 454 to enroll today
- AMEX
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