Several weeks ago, I had a fraudulent debit card transaction with my Chase checking acct for 9.95, which I contested. (I’ve used the debit card only twice in two years for in person purchases.) Received replacement debit card a few days later.
Then about a week after this, I received an email from chase stating my credit card had attempted a purchase for 16cents and was declined. Then there were two links to either say yes, i approved, or no, I didn’t . I was suspicious and didn’t want to click on links. On the surface the email looked legit. So I called the number on my credit card, (email was legit), cancelled the card and I had a new card in a couple days. We were home so not a big deal.
But a good reason to always travel with two different credit cards, and two unique number debit cards, in case this happens overseas. And a reminder to not click on links- call financial institution instead. I updated the credit card on all my lodging reservations on booking.com.