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My esteemed lsitmates,

I've been volleying with a friend which is safer: buying online like Amazon
with an Amazon Gift card purchased at Walmart or a grocery store or paying
with your bank's major credit card?

If you buy on Amazon with a  gift card then miscreants can only drain the
balance of that gift card (e.g. $50).

Whereas, yoru major credit card is exposed to the height of your credit
limit.

My bank contacts me wherever there are "unusual" purchases - ex. large
items like $1,000 or in places I don't geographically purchase items at.

I've also heard that criminals can drain your gift card at point of
purchase so as you're standing inline at Walmart to buy the  card they have
boots on the ground who wipe your balance clean like they can when you're
pumping gas at some stations. Sam's and Costco have employees looking for
that so I feel like I'm  better protected but maybe that's just a false
sense of security?

I'd so appreciate hearing from anyone on the list with security expertise.

Thank you.

Charles.

Charlotte County Public Library