Turn on instant transaction alerts
Your bank or card issuer sends you a message the moment a payment or transfer goes through, so one you did not make shows up right away.
- Time
- about 5 min
- Where
- Anywhere
How to do it
- Open your bank and card apps and turn on notifications for every payment and transfer.
- If the app lets you set a minimum amount, set it as low as it goes.
- If an alert shows a payment you did not make, contact the bank or card issuer on the number in its app or on the card.
What it does
- Online purchases with your card number
- lets you notice it
- A bank account opened or drained in your name
- lets you notice it
- Phone calls that cite your name and other leaked details, such as an account, order, ID number or address
- lets you notice it