A few days ago, I got an email from discover saying that I had change my email and signed up for mobile device service, which I clearly had not done any of them. Worried, I called them immediately and found out that my card had two unauthorize charges of $300 for a giftcard. I panicked as this has never happened to me before, but the fraud dept assure me that they will handle everything. They took the charges off, sent me a new card and everything is back to normal.
It's scary to think this can happen so easily. No one has touched my Discover card other than me and I have paperless statements, so I have no idea how they got my information.
Last I used my Discover card was online to pay my Utility bill (water bill). I use my Amex for gas, so I still don't know. The theives even manage to change my address as well.
Wow! Thanks for the heads up!
Discover IT $17k / US Bank Ace (VSig) $13.5K / US Bank Cash+ (VSig) $13.5k
Wow! The sad part is that there is no way we can prevent it from happening. 
wireless RFID skimmers: person can just walk past you or near you and the device captures your credit data.
@alvon123 wrote:wireless RFID skimmers: person can just walk past you or near you and the device captures your credit data.
I've been warning all my clients about RFID stuff. All our debit cards now at my bank are Pay Pass, and they're been getting hit hard by fraud. Amazon sells some protectors really cheap, I'm picking one up this season as well.
I had this happen to, with my Discover IT card! They had a period where using it to pay for gas got you cash rewards for a couple of months, so I ended up using it. Got stuck at a sketchy gas station and ended up getting my card number swiped. Discover was great about it; no muss no fuss. Cancelled the transaction, reported it, replaced my card. Discover was my first "big" approval card, and they've definitely turned me into a loyal customer.
