When you hand over your credit card, be careful what happens to it.
The Secret Service is reporting an increasing number of cases of credit card “skimming,” or thieves copying information on the card, the South Jersey Times reports.
The information, such as the name, card number and expiration date, often is sold to someone else, who uses it to make purchases.
“Sometimes in a restaurant, or at a gas station, an employee takes that card, and they’re paid by someone else for the information on it,” said Cynthia Wofford, Special Agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Philadelphia field office.
