help...my credit card account was hacked..

[hlthe2b]

7. My card was cloned (not in Denver, where I could imagine it) but at a Fort Collins Safeway gas pump

I have since gone back (I ONLY PAY CASH NOW AT GAS PUMPS--suggest you do too) and they told me they had had a routine scan of pumps the day before, so clearly I was very unlucky. I am lucky my credit union called me though because it gave me time to call Target.com, Wayfair.com and get nearly $1200 in charges canceled (a total of $3k was attempted). My credit union believes whoever cloned my card sold the information three days later, which fits. Because the card is both credit and debit, Master Card COULD have left me hanging for weeks, had I not gotten the purchases canceled and my credit union not been so accommodating.

It is a pain in the butt, but I will never use anything but cash at outdoor pumps again. I already have pretty much given up on ATMS--even those INSIDE the store.