No Waiting On The Check When Dining For Identity Theft
Ponder this for a moment: Credit- and debt-card purchases now outweigh cash transactions. We are a world that lives on plastic. But how often do you physically lose sight of your credit card when paying for something? One of the few times is when you're at a restaurant.
When you say to the waiter, "No, I'm going to pass on the tiramisu, but I'll take the check," you hand over your credit card to the server and he disappears for five or 10 minutes before returning with your bill and receipt. What happens to your credit card in those moments is often a great mystery to us. Unlike a retail store or online purchase, we never see what the wait staff does with our card. Unfortunately, in some cases, they're making a duplicate imprint so they can ruin your credit.
