Welcome to the 21st centuy, Pop! 40 million credit cards fraudulently cloned in the USA recently.
My Barclays Connect card hit 6 weeks ago for £1800 (refunded). My Mastercard reissued this week due to being on some 'at risk' list.
Yes, I am careful. However, we type in numbers/ 'last 3'/ PINS, we give dates of birth and mother's maiden names etc and it
ALL relies on someone not selling the info. or hacking into the systems.