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Originally Posted by geoffwood
I don't believe that someone at Amazon waited until a purchase was made, grabbed her credit card number and immediately sold it to someone else who ran down to Wal-Mart all within a few hours. It just doesn't ring true.
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Not only does that not ring true, but it supports the hypothesis that the leak wasn't at Amazon. Nobody has access to your credit card number when you make a payment. The timing doesn't rule out Amazon, but if it was Amazon's leak the timing would be only a coincidence.
I'd say an Amazon employee is the least likely of the suggested leaks. The bank will tell a customer whatever they want to hear in these circumstances, and most likely the bank's customer service (and Amazon's for that matter) know less than the average person about how credit cards and online purchasing work.
Regardless, online buying via credit card is extremely safe. By far the best way to defraud a credit card holder is through social engineering. The chances of having your credit card compromised online is unimaginably small, and if it happens you usually have ZERO liability.