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how to protect myself against unauthorized recurring cc charges?
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the bank should be able to issue you a new card without letting vendors roll over the recurring payments. in fact, i've never had a bank move recurring payments to a new card automatically, or even upon request; they've always told me to contact the vendor and give them my new card number. so go back to the bank, tell them specifically that you have a security issue and you want the new card issued without carrying over any recurring charges, and see if they can do it properly. if not: 1) issue a "charge back" every time a bogus charge comes in. this costs the vendor money, and should convince them to stop trying to access your card. it's a hassle because you have to keep contacting the bank about the bad charges, but it won't cost you more than time and a phone call or letter.  (the bank can tell you what their preferred process is for this.) 2) consider moving to a bank that isn't stupidly over-helpful.
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