[Monty]

"Anyway, surely the number on its own isn't much use to anyone without the security code and/or card-holders address?"-depends if the person concerned has access to a credit card machine-you can draw cash on a credit card you know. There was a scam running from a local garage a year ago which was staffed by 'ethnic's'-they took your credit card number and ran it through for a large sum of money, and took the money out of the till-they did one of my neighbours for a grand!

John