Amount Credit card fraud globally has gone over $500 million a year. Anyone can be victim of this fraud. But a few simple steps can protect you from credit card fraud. Below mentioned three steps are the most important for a cardholder to protect him/her from a fraud.
Use only Photo Credit Card
Use only photo credit card. Photo Credit Cards has a cardholders photo embossed on the face of the card.
Merchants or shops are less likely to check for signature verification. The reason for this is, it is not possible for shop owners to verify the signature as they are not expert and moreover, shop owners do not want to heart the customers ego by asking a question about the signature mismatch, until the mismatch is too much. Shop Owners are also protected from fraudulent transactions until there is a gross mistake from their part.