Golden credit card tapping a blue terminal with emojis (money bag, green heart, exclamation points, and floating money) rotating on screen
Banks and credit-card companies are getting better at discerning which payments are fraudulent and which are legit.

In mid-March, a scammer in California tried to buy $150 worth of Wingstop using my debit card. Aside from being impressed at the sheer size of the order, I was relieved because Citibank, which issued my card, declined the transaction on the spot and alerted me to the fraud. In minutes I was able to shut off my card, heading off any more purchases by the scammers, and order a new card. All's well that ends well.