For those of you who didn't already know - one of the easiest ways to commit credit card fraud occurs alongside a regular transaction - maybe at a restaurant - when someone takes your card to swipe it legitimately for your bill - and unknown to you, swipes it a second time in a different machine they purchased for a few hundred dollars, that steals your info and makes a duplicate card which they can then run up huge bills with. Or if they're smarter, I guess they could just do small charges on rare occasion to lots of people in their own home towns.... Scrutinize your statements, and watch