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That's why I never leave home without it. And no, that's not my actual card....I'm not a COMPLETE idiot.

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That's why I always use Damit's debit card when I travel!!!

 

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I have a VISA debit card linked to my current account, gives me the same securities as my credit card

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I have a VISA debit card linked to my current account, gives me the same securities as my credit card

me too....and my bank is chase which offer soooo much in protections for ur acct....love it i will never ever switch

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The big Target scam hit people in their own hometowns, not while they were traveling.  And, it hit everyone.  Not just certain banks.  No bank can fully protect your account from scammers.  

 

Debit cards do not offer quite the same protection as credit cards, even when they are backed by VISA or Mastercard.  When shopping online especially, use a credit card.  If you're traveling and using a debit card, alert your bank before you go.  Quite often, Transaction Review Departments will block a debit card when it's being used out of town because they think it's fraud.  

 

P.S.  We see MORE fraud from debit cards used in Wal-Mart stores than anywhere else!!!

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image a simple situation in which you cross the border to Canada or Mexico and stay overnite at a local hotel or motel that cost $100, after you come back to the US and find out that the bill charges $1,000. Then, your on your own the fight off the charge by using your time and effort. That is why using credit cards provide your better security protection and the bank issuing the can handle those issues with ease.

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image a simple situation in which you cross the border to Canada or Mexico and stay overnite at a local hotel or motel that cost $100, after you come back to the US and find out that the bill charges $1,000. Then, your on your own the fight off the charge by using your time and effort. That is why using credit cards provide your better security protection and the bank issuing the can handle those issues with ease.

 This is a very unlikely scenario because you are paying upfront, same as cash, when you are checking in. I use my debit card in the US all the time and I have never had a problem. The real issue is debit and credit card cloning, but this could very well happen at your local corner store.

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The big Target scam hit people in their own hometowns, not while they were traveling.  And, it hit everyone.  Not just certain banks.  No bank can fully protect your account from scammers.  

 

Debit cards do not offer quite the same protection as credit cards, even when they are backed by VISA or Mastercard.  When shopping online especially, use a credit card.  If you're traveling and using a debit card, alert your bank before you go.  Quite often, Transaction Review Departments will block a debit card when it's being used out of town because they think it's fraud.  

 

P.S.  We see MORE fraud from debit cards used in Wal-Mart stores than anywhere else!!!

actually chase protects my account just like credit card.....i never have an issue tho anyways...im always careful about when and where i use my cards....just like my pc i careful about what sites i go to...so i get no virus' but that just me i guess lol

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Transaction Review Departments will block a debit card when it's being used out of town because they think it's fraud.

 

never had this issue when u traveling...

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