{"id":18364,"date":"2012-01-10T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/?p=18364"},"modified":"2020-03-10T13:45:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T17:45:51","slug":"debit-card-grocery-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/frugal-living\/debit-card-grocery-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Shouldn&#8217;t Use Your Debit Card at the Grocery Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I saw this video from Clark Howard. Apparently there is a new (maybe not new) scam going around.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wishes. Dreams. Magic. Credit. Debt. by tom.arthur, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tomarthur\/4670479367\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4039\/4670479367_3044d2f7c2.jpg\" alt=\"Wishes. Dreams. Magic. Credit. Debt.\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Criminals are using skimmers to grab debit and credit card off the card scanners at the grocery store.\u00a0The criminals then take your card information and use it to steal your money.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a debit card, this could mean your bank account is wiped out in a matter of a few hours.\u00a0Unless your debit card has fraud protection you might want to consider using cash at the grocery store.<\/p>\n<p><em>Has your debit card\/ credit card number been stolen? Were you able to get your money back?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit:\u00a0<a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tomarthur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tom.arthur<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I saw this video from Clark Howard. Apparently there is a new (maybe not new) scam going around. Criminals are using skimmers to grab debit and credit card off the card scanners at the grocery store.\u00a0The criminals then take your card information and use it to steal your money. 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