I checked my credit card statement over the weekend and found somefraudulent charges that had already mounted to nearly $2,500. I immediately gothold of the bank who froze the card, and I have now started the process ofgetting this money back. If I hadn't checked the card, those fraudulent chargescould well be double that by now. The banks normally are pretty good at pickingup unusual charges, but this time they missed it. That shows that we need toalways be vigilant and check our online statements frequently, at least weekly,because you never know who might be trying to get their hands on your money.
