Credit Card Fraud - MAKE SURE YOU CHECK YOUR STATEMENTS WHEN YOU RETURN HOME

[InnaDiRed]

You are correct Rob this happens everywhere and everyone should remain diligent. I don't think the reason for this post was to accuse Jamaica of being the only place this happens. Protect your cc anywhere you go. That said.. I work for a large wirehouse. We offer cards to our clients. I see the inner workings of card fraud. It is rampant everywhere. Not just Jamaica. With that said, flip, I believe you are correct if I understand the details your card was probably stolen at the airport on the way out or from the room before leaving. The facts that I have heard are: two different couples, no use of card on the island, two different card companies, same fraudulent charges, fraud charges were local (not overseas), both charges were made soon after departure. This is all to coincidental to blame on blind luck. It can happen anywhere but if I were investigating I think the details point to one of two obvious possibilities. And no it is not hard to recreate a card after skimming. To say that they coincidentally were both stolen before leaving the us (by target or anyone else) then coincidentally we're charged to the same place in the same country immediately after a visit is a bigger stretch than I have ever seen. To me the cards were stolen on the rock... As they could have been anywhere. To try to deny that it happened in Jam seems a bit far fetched to me. Regardless of where you live.