I was checking up on my bank statement and I notice a few charges from the 12th of this moment from some credit expert company. I give them a call and it turns out 8 different people (or 1 person using 8 names) opened/tried to open accounts on consumerinfo.com and creditexpert.com with my credit card number, effectively trying to get my credit history.

I was charged a total of $75, which I am being refunded. But now I’m freaking out. Why was someone checking my credit history? What other info could they have gotten with just my card number? Fuckfuckfuckfuck.