call and cancel them ASAP
You will not need to report your personal credit cards stolen to the credit bureau. Once you have reported your cards stolen to the credit card companies they are with, they will take care of the rest for you.
You can find information about stolen credit cards online at websites like Bankrate and Consumer FTC. You should automatically contact your bank to report your credit card stolen so they can freeze all transfers and requests.
yes they do if the credit card is stolen they will track it as soon as reported stolen
Lost/stolen card notations should not have any effect on a consumers' credit score, provided that the accounts are properly notated.
The company that issued the credit card, the police and perhaps your insurers.
Why most Americans should not have credit cards.
arrest and put to jail
yes------NO. You should protect your credit cards as you would your cash. But it's not "considered money" for the obvious reason. If cash is lost or stolen, it cannot be replaced. A credit card, on the other hand, can be replaced. Even if stolen with fraudulent charges, there would be no financial lose on your part.
When you use secured credit cards, you will be able to block it when it is stolen or lost. If you could not do this, it will affect you greatly, and your money will be gone.
they just send the items to a different address then go get it later
That would be ILLEGAL !... We, in the Wiki community will NOT help you break the law !
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