
Ways your credit card info might be stolen and how to prevent it
Keep an eye out for fraud and take these steps to mitigate the damage if you find any.
Claire Dickey is a product editor for Bankrate, CreditCards.com and To Her Credit.
Credit cards, first-time credit card ownership, rewards programs, personal finance
Grady College of Journalism at The University of Georgia
Articles cited on Forbes, Bloomberg, USA Today, Business Insider, the Daily Mail, Newsweek, CNBC, Fox Business
As a Dec. 2017 graduate of the University of Georgia, Claire was awarded the William I. Ray Jr. Scholarship and Peyton T. Anderson Scholarship from the Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication.
Before joining the team, Claire worked as a copywriter for brands within the telecommunications industry as well as a hybrid marketing and content writer.
Keep an eye out for fraud and take these steps to mitigate the damage if you find any.
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