Shredding CC receipts: Yes or No?

whelkmice

What's the opinion on here about shredding CC receipts?


My OH just throws hers away but I'm all for shredding anything with a slightest reference to a CC or Debit card number on it.


Maybe I'm just paranoid, but even the last 4 digits of a number shown on a receipt bothers me - can anyone confirm or deny that it is possible to get the CC number and/or CVV number from a discarded receipt?


Apologies in advance if this has been discussed before - please link to any relevant posts, thanks

Shakin_Steve

Do you really thing CC companies and banks would make it possible to get any information from a receipt?

squirrelcyril

I just rip them up and bin them these days.

Missus_Hyde

Shakin_Steve wrote: »

Do you really thing CC companies and banks would make it possible to get any information from a receipt?

Probably not, but it's no trouble to shred them (in fact I shred everything with the slightest indication of card details, name and address, etc.)

This time of the year we have the stove lit, so anything I consider to be in the least incriminating goes straight on the fire.

Call me paranoid if you like, but I feel these days one has to be as there's so many crooks out there! :cool:

Shakin_Steve

Missus_Hyde wrote: »

Probably not, but it's no trouble to shred them (in fact I shred everything with the slightest indication of card details, name and address, etc.)

This time of the year we have the stove lit, so anything I consider to be in the least incriminating goes straight on the fire.

Call me paranoid if you like, but I feel these days one has to be as there's so many crooks out there! :cool:

You're paranoid.

Wellard_Mann

I shred them. More out of habit than because I think there is any real risk.

molerat

Shakin_Steve wrote: »

Do you really thing CC companies and banks would make it possible to get any information from a receipt?

Some will have the full number on.

Superscrooge

I've just checked a handful of recent CC receipts and one of mine has the full number on.

This was a receipt from a local independent retailer still using an old card reader. I think most modern machines only print the last four digits?

Would the full number be any use to a fraudster without the expiry date and ccv number?

meer53

Superscrooge wrote: »

I've just checked a handful of recent CC receipts and one of mine has the full number on.

This was a receipt from a local independent retailer still using an old card reader. I think most modern machines only print the last four digits?

Would the full number be any use to a fraudster without the expiry date and ccv number?

Is someone likely to be going through your bins ? How would they come by this receipt ? I throw mine in the bin, it's not something i lose any sleep over.

Shakin_Steve

Why would fraudsters go to all this trouble when they can just ring you up, say they're from the bank and get you to give them all of your details? No brainer.

boliston

Superscrooge wrote: »

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Would the full number be any use to a fraudster without the expiry date and ccv number?

To use it online they would need the address as well as most online systems check house number and postcode as well as ccv and expiry date.

Even if they were to order online they would only be able to get the item sent to the cardholders registered address - a merchant would be taking a big risk dispatching to an unregistered address