Warning About Keychain Credit Cards

I'd like to hear your stories. First and last time I was ripped off; I had a speed pass for gasoline. For those of you who don't know what a speed pass is; it is a little "thing" that attaches to a key chain and you swipe at the gas pump.

I took my car to the car wash and they were calling my insurance company to verify that they would pay for a small hole in my windshield where a rock had hit it. I waited which took awhile. Then I got my gas bill several weeks later and time for a thief to rack up a bill for close to $700 on gas, food from service station, and multiple gas charges at the same time. It looks like that person was buying food and gas for several people. The thief had stolen someone else's speed pass and after its owner had discovered it and had it deactivated, the person at the car wash switched it with mine. No telling how long the thief had been switching and may still be doing it.

I found out the speed pass I had on my key chain was not mine when I called the card company and gave them an identifying number on mine. Now when I give to car key to any service, I remove everything, but the car key. I'm so careful now that I don't even leave my insurance card in my car. If my car were to get stolen I certainly don't want a thief to know where I live.

By Betty from Lubbock, TX