Re: RFID Protection

KYToby · ‎02-19-2012

Manufacturers are producing these items, and retailers are hawking them, because a largely uneducated, gullible public will spend more for these items.

This is like products claiming to be gluten-free so they can charge more for them (even i the items never had gluten) -- people pay more for it without knowing what gluten is.

I know I sound cynical, but this is reality.

esmerelda · ‎03-10-2010

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Carmie wrote:
I have heard that too.

On Saturday, my husband received a credit card bill for a card that he never uses. On It were five charges for $8.95 each from GoShipments and FutureGear.

He asked me if I recognized the charges. I did not We called the credit union and found out the charges are for online gaming. The CS rep asked if my husband played games on line. Funny, he wouldn't know how if he had to, she cancelled his card and he has to wait for a new one.

I immediately had him place his CC's in RFID sleeves. I Don't know how anyone got his information. He doesn't shop on line and only uses a cc when he doesn't have a choice. He uses cash only.

Better to be safe than sorry.

@Carmie Your bank should have told you how this probably happened and it wasn't from card reading. It happened to me 3 times before cards had chips. They try to charge small amounts just to see if it works. They choose numbers arbitrarily.