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Cahoot & ATM Fraud

Steve.W_2 · 2005-04-07 19:15:33

My wife found out today that her cash card had been cloned as a few hundred pounds had been removed from her account using a ATM several hundred miles away from where we live. This evening she contacted CAHOOT who she banks with to inform them of the fraudulent transactions & found them to be most unhelpful. They informed…

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jonesMUFCforever Posts: 28,898 Forumite

10 April 2005 at 9:02PM

This is what I meant. You disable the chip so retailers have to rely on the old magnetic strip technology.Once retailers and cashpoints go onto chip and pin exclusively (and reject all transactions that are not chip authorised)fraudsters will have to find other ways to rob our accounts.
Eric

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