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WARNING! READING Area - Card Fraud
James
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Used your plastic in the READING area recently?
If so check your statements.
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Supermarkets and petrol stations have responded to people’s claims they are the source of a string of scam transactions being made with shoppers’ bank cards.
The Evening Post has been inundated with stories from Reading’s victims – "
Story click here.
Similar scenario in Sweden:
"One terminal was found to be equipped with a bogus keyboard overlay that could record PINs as well as details on the card's magnetic stripe, said Detective Chief Inspector Harald Runge." Toys R Us Sweden.
Baddy caught in St Albans:
"installed a small palm computer and other equipment to intercept debit and credit card details.
It is further alleged he used the chip and pin system to obtain bank details from customers at the garage and then fraudulently use the cards.
If so check your statements.
"
Supermarkets and petrol stations have responded to people’s claims they are the source of a string of scam transactions being made with shoppers’ bank cards.
The Evening Post has been inundated with stories from Reading’s victims – "
Story click here.
Similar scenario in Sweden:
"One terminal was found to be equipped with a bogus keyboard overlay that could record PINs as well as details on the card's magnetic stripe, said Detective Chief Inspector Harald Runge." Toys R Us Sweden.
Baddy caught in St Albans:
"installed a small palm computer and other equipment to intercept debit and credit card details.
It is further alleged he used the chip and pin system to obtain bank details from customers at the garage and then fraudulently use the cards.
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Comments
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Used you plastic ANYWHERE lately?
If so check your statements. Hell, why not check your statements if you haven't used your card lately?
In all seriousness, is it really necessary to repeat this simple, but glaringly obvious, piece of advice every time some local rag reports details of a card fraud? If you think it is then could we at least agree that it would be best to have a sticky for it - at least then all the alarmists, and the easily alarmed, would know where to find each other?The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.0 -
bert&ernie wrote: »Used you plastic ANYWHERE lately?
If so check your statements. Hell, why not check your statements if you haven't used your card lately?
hahahaha :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:0
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