How Safe is Your PIN Number?

Credit and debit card fraud is a major problem world wide these days, and according to Forbes magazine, Mexico and the Unite States are home to the greatest number of credit and debit thefts around the world.

It's estimated that 10 per cent of all Americans are victims of fraud each year and another 7 per cent have their debit cards hacked or stolen.

Want to read something scary? One study has indicated that credit and debit card thieves are able to successfully guess more than 25 per cent of stolen card PINs within 20 attempts! The main reason? PIN numbers that are sequenced or overly simple.

Is your PIN safe? Here are the 10 most used PINs in the country.