Credit card fraud costs credit card issuers millions and millions of dollars every year and they simply pass that cost on to us. They don't seem to care about the small time crooks that make phony charges on our cards.
Crooks know they can get away with it.
And the more they get away with it, the higher the cost of credit to us. Here are some examples that demonstrate a lax attitude in dealing with credit card crooks. Mary noticed several unfamiliar items charged to her Visa account. When she called the companies where the purchases were made she found out the items had been shipped to a woman in her apartment complex. This happened several times for hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise.