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Originally Posted by inbogie
just wondering, to avoid skimmers has anyone bought the visa gift cards and used them to purchase gas?
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Why would you do that? If your credit card is ever hacked, you are protected from any charges. You may not have those protections with cash cards or debit cards.
I had my VISA Credit Card hacked one time when I was still doing that dirty 4-letter word called 'work'. I didn't know it until the hotel contacted me and told me my automatic hotel billing was rejected. I checked and saw where a team of slimmy crooks charged close to
$18,000 
to my card in a one hour run at multiple CVS Stores all around the New York City area. (they knew when CRV stores computers were down performing inventory and made their purchases then so the VISA people never knew the charges until the computers came back up on line). I called my CC issuing bank and they locked the card and told me not to worry about it. I called the police and they said not to worry about it until the card owner (VISA) files a report. I called VISA customer service and they said not to worry about. Credit Union sent me a new card and I was back up and running.
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