<story><title>Gas Theft Gangs Fuel Pump Skimming Scams</title><url>http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/11/gas-theft-gangs-fuel-pump-skimming-scams/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>superdude</author><text>What service or cards offer SMS alerts for any transaction? The best I have it American Express which will alert me only when I have a transaction over $10. V.me by Visa used to offer an alert service for any amount and it was great, but unfortunately that service got shut down.</text></item><item><author>skeuo</author><text>The real solution here is to have contactless chip &amp;amp; pin systems at the pump, but apparently that is years away because of cost. In the meantime I find the best way to monitor my CC expenses is to enable SMS&amp;#x2F;Push alerts for any transaction above $0. This way I always expect to get an alert at the point of sale for any transaction. Anything unknown is a red flag and it also works well for subscriptions that I may forget about and want to cancel.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bonestamp2</author><text>When I added my American Express card to Apple Pay, it started sending me push notifications for every transaction. It&amp;#x27;s crazy how fast it is, before I can even put my card back in my pocket my phone buzzes. You see pre-authorizations too, so when you swipe at a gas pump it usually shows a $100 authorization check.</text></comment>
<story><title>Gas Theft Gangs Fuel Pump Skimming Scams</title><url>http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/11/gas-theft-gangs-fuel-pump-skimming-scams/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>superdude</author><text>What service or cards offer SMS alerts for any transaction? The best I have it American Express which will alert me only when I have a transaction over $10. V.me by Visa used to offer an alert service for any amount and it was great, but unfortunately that service got shut down.</text></item><item><author>skeuo</author><text>The real solution here is to have contactless chip &amp;amp; pin systems at the pump, but apparently that is years away because of cost. In the meantime I find the best way to monitor my CC expenses is to enable SMS&amp;#x2F;Push alerts for any transaction above $0. This way I always expect to get an alert at the point of sale for any transaction. Anything unknown is a red flag and it also works well for subscriptions that I may forget about and want to cancel.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thrownaway2424</author><text>Does it have to be SMS?  My Simple card notifies me every time the card is used.  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.simple.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.simple.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>