[boosami]

Just experienced my first credit card fraud this week! Someone has gotten my Amex charge card number and have used it to buy $600 of electronics, $1,000 of beauty supplies, and an unknown amount for an international calling service (there is a hold on the account but no final charge yet). They were all done by online transactions. Apparently they went as far as to create an email account in my name to make the transactions appear more valid.

I called Amex and they immediately identified all the transactions and removed them, as well as some additional pending transactions I didn't recognize. I haven't cancelled the card yet, because I have so many accounts set up with auto-pay and I have to make sure all payments go through uninterrupted. Surprisingly, Amex was OK with this. They said to keep an eye out for any additional fraud and they would remove it but I am not required to cancel my card and get a new one.