A system and method for securing a Radio Frequency (RF) transaction using
a RF identification device (RFID) transaction device is provided. The
RFID transaction device includes a transactions counter for tallying the
number of transactions attempted or completed with the RFID transactions
device. The counter may be incremented by any predetermined amount, which
may be predefined for a particular transaction device counter. The
counter value is provided to an account issuer for use in determining if
the counter value has exceeded a predetermined value correlative to the
maximum number of transactions which may be completed using a transaction
device.