[E. Pluribus Unum]

Happened to me last spring. I quit getting emails for a couple of days. I finally discovered that they were being forwarded. I checked my Amazon account and couldn't get in with my normal password. Had to have a new password sent. Then I discovered there was $600 worth of Fire phones headed to my doorstep in two hours. I beat them home and almost caught the SOB as he came to claim them. I believe my password had been keylogged on my email account and somebody sold it. I froze all our credit accounts after that, but there were no further repercussions. I learned my lesson, though. I keep all my passwords in KeePass Pasword Safe now.

You should NEVER type in a password. Even keeping them in a text file and copying and pasting them when you need them is safer than typing them in.

[wally_bert]

I do something similar to you in password management.

If someone tries to use my CC they are in for a surprise. For some reason that I have yet to get an answer for is every so often the ZIP code on file reverts to a different but same one despite changing it.

I know to use the alternate zip.

As far as Amazon goes, I generally get a gift card in whatever amount I plan to order. Works so far. Rarely use a CC for much else online.

[Bikkuri]

Wow, ouch :/

[Pelham]

“Even keeping them in a text file and copying and pasting them when you need them is safer than typing them in”

I wouldn’t recommend you do that. If you copy and paste your credit card number it is saved on your clipboard (I’m assuming you’re using Windows). Your clipboard is insecure and some webpages have been designed to capture your clipboard data, very likely because they know that people have this habit. Makes cc theft very easy.

[TheCause]

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