Major Bust In Credit Card Fraud

There has been a major bust in a credit card fraud case involving at least 11 people including an informant for the Secret Service. The case involves the hacking of as many as forty million credit card and debit card numbers from a number of major retailers.

The companies attacked included  TJX Cos., BJ’s Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, Forever 21 and DSW, so if you have done business with any of those companies you might want to check your records to make sure all is safe.

Of course the odds are if anyone was going to cheat they would have done so by now and even if they do you can usually fight the false charges and records. But it is always a good idea to regularly do a credit report.

Actually if you really want to protect your credit I would suggest that you consider getting a credit freeze put on your account. This lock means that nobody can get credit in your name without having a secret code, so even if they know your name, birthday, mothers maiden name and SSN they cannot get the credit.

Check out the Clark Howard site for good details