Millions of Spanish holidaymakers could fall victim to a credit card scam. It’s all because hackers have broken into the computer systems of a Spanish based credit card service company and stolen details of credit cards used in Spain.

At the moment the advice is, if you’ve been to Spain and used your credit card within the last 12 months check your card statements VERY carefully and question any transaction you do not recognise with your credit card provider.

In the meantime, card providers all over Europe are trying to identify which cardholders are at risk and rushing new cards to them.

A spokesperson for Visa said, “Cardholders who are affected by this fraud will get back any money stolen through their cards, subject to the terms and conditions.”