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Have you used these cards in public? Your information could have been picked up by card skimmer.
At least where I live, it's very common to hand payment cards over to wait staff at restaurants. I had my card information compromised during a visit to Boston several years ago.
Our last card was stolen by someone in great Britain. We're in the USA. I don't think they're being stolen by someone locally unless our information is being sold on the dark web.
The card thief won't use it, they will sell them to someone else. Which will certainly sell it to another person.
Credit card numbers go for something as low as a few bucks a number. I think last time I was rolling around the dark net markets they were $4.
It's quick and easy to steal. They collect a bunch and sell them and the other people take the risk of using them.