Diego Rivera The Flower Seller painting

Diego Rivera The Flower Seller painting
Frank Dicksee Romeo and Juliet painting
Used for Two Days, Discarded Gold or platinum cards are normally targeted because of their higher credit limit, meaning the bank takes longer to realize there is a problem. And criminals spend, on average, about $2,800 per card, with large and frequent transactions typically over a two-day period before discarding the card, according to one expert. While the whole process of getting a cloned card onto the streets can take less than a day, the customer is none the wiser, since his own his credit card is in his wallet. In fact, victims may not realize they’ve been taken until they check their statements at the end of the month.By that time the criminal has moved on and the electronic and paper trails are cold. In lucky circumstances, like Mangold's, bank computers pick up on unusual account activity and contact their client sooner.