Transfer Balances to New Credit Accounts
What thieves don’t like is being outsmarted. Those old unshredded files with your expense reports and credit card receipts? From the old company you used to work for that threw everything in the dumpster before the CEO filed Chapter 11? Someone got hold of and kept those credit card records, you can be sure.
Someone illicitly found them in the dumpster or scanned the dump and they mechanized them and filed them away.
Every 18 months transfer a existing balance from your daily use credit card to a new account number. Make it as if you lost your card. Suddenly, every tax receipts or lost register tape from every business you bought goods or services from just got secure. If credit card fraud does occur, it’s helpful for the credit card company to investigate if your card is only 4 months old, versus seven years old. Update credit card numbers occasionally to be safe.
