I'm an American, and I haven't used my card in the UK since September, but suddenly in early February I got hit with a bunch of fraudulent charges in the London area. Two VUE BSL charges for £16.70 & £16.65, a rather large £257 at "Altindis Supermarket", five charges ranging from £5.50 to £87 at "Cost Cutter", and even a McDonalds restaurant charge. Everything but the Altindis charge were on a single day. Seems my thief eats like a horse. The total was a little over £500.