How Do They Figure out Your Credit Card Number? (cont.)
Contributed by Boo Roberts
Not your own, but some guy's numbers in the back room at the bank where they print the credit cards. Maybe Joe has a birthday in January, so the first number in your credit card sequence is one. Maybe Joe's mother's birthday is in November, and the first two numbers of your credit card are eleven. Maybe Joe is dating this woman who loves the number seven, so you end up getting a credit card number with mostly sevens and a one or two thrown in for good measure.
Who ever heard of a credit card number being just one number?
Who should have my credit card number?
Okay, if you really are wondering who should have your credit card number then you have a problem. There are only a few people who should have your credit card number. Yourself (and speaking from personal experience, I don't know mine off the top of my head, I always need to go find it first), the bank that you have said credit card through, and maybe the home shopping network. Better yet, no one else. Your credit card number should be kept a secret, guarded with your very life.
Hunch over it whenever you have to use it so no one can try to make out the numbers. Snatch it back from the salesperson after she peruses your signature. Even better, pay cash for everything and avoid having to worry about using a credit card.
