Chip 'n' Pin - A Quick Guide Discussion Area

laney85

mac1503 wrote: »

I have fallen for a con and dont know how to get out it.....PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

E VANQUIS advertised a credit card which would improve my credit rating.I filled in the form on-line and ticked the areement box.

When i went to use the card in which i hadnt realised i had paid £70 for,i could only bbuy goods on the internet at Inlated prices and expensive charges.

I had read on this site thet the company has an office in England and i wrote within 30 days to cancel the areement but have had no reply,has anyone else had any doings with this company and can i get my money back?

how about you start your own threa instead of posting the same thing at the end of multiple threads ?

M_Thomson

Bammosan wrote: »

Does anyone know of a work around for the problem of paying for fuel at gas stations in the USA with UK credit cards on automatic fuel pumps? At one time this was easy to do, now you are requested for a ZIP code to enter similar to using a pin code here in the UK. However if you are a visitor to the USA you obviously don't have a ZIP code so how do you get around this problem other than paying by cash all the time which defeats the point of having a credit card which ironically was first used in the USA?

When I've been in stores over there, and say I am from England, they usually put 99999 in the till. Try that.

Patr100

Spam reported

Apolonation

If you tell them you're from the UK - they can use their own zip code,the garage that is, it doesn't seem to affect the transaction.

M_Thomson

Apolonation wrote: »

If you tell them you're from the UK - they can use their own zip code,the garage that is, it doesn't seem to affect the transaction.

post 653 :rolleyes:

kevin1957_2

Having spent crimbo in tenerife I purchased a camera from one of the local shops.I paid with visa with chip and pin.I have since recieved an additional cost of £250 for something I have not purchased.My credit card company says there is nothing I can do because it was chip and pin.My mother in law also bought something from the same shop and has recieved an additional cost of £500.Please warn people that chip and pin is not secure and they could be paying for something that they have not purchased:(

INT1

Ouch, Did they split up over 2 transactions or just add the amount to the total?

Patr100

Newsnight investigates new flaws in chip & pin

Most of us do not think twice about paying for something in a high street shop by keying in our pin. It is easy, fast and in most cases it works.
But scratch a little under the surface and there are persistent reports of people who say they have been the subject of fraud of one kind or another on their credit or debit card.
Now a team of computer scientists at Cambridge University has found a flaw in chip and pin so serious they think it shows that the whole system needs a re-write.
Over the past few years, the Cambridge team has uncovered a series of weaknesses in the system, which has been running since 2004.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/susanwatts/2010/02/new_flaws_in_chip_and_pin_syst.html

James

A victims tale of PIN based Fraud in Madrid.

Thank goodness he got the press involved. Could have lost thousands.

(Full story from The Telegraph - Click here)

gttltzy

could you use the same pin for all cards such as using existing pin on debit card for credit cards too