<prompt> Human: We use our credit cards for nearly every purchase and pay them off every other week. This helps get some nice credit card reward points. However, it also has a side effect of our credit cards being more likely to be skimmed.Our credit cards have been stolen twice this year one time being this morning , and Ive managed to catch the theft within 24 hours by religiously keeping track of our credit card transactions on Mint. Ive also caught issues with self checkouts double charging due to software errors.In addition to this, many credit card providers and Mint offer ways to check your credit score for free monthly. They also allow you the ability to see what accounts you have open and when they were opened. I make a habit of checking these once a month to look for any fraudulent accounts.Be safe out there. Your finances are your responsibility and if Experian has taught us anything, you cant rely on credit monitoring companies to have the same level of care.  <response>: Alternatively, you can also set up alerts on your phone for all transactions. I set all my cards to alert me if I post a transaction worth more than 0.Also really useful to know when your waiter swipes your card at a restaurant. 