Subway no longer accepting Contactless Cards due to 'fraud'?

InsideInsurance

iAMaLONDONER wrote: »

It says 'MOST' however the bad PR that could be created if many cards were fraudulently used at Subway could be damaging...

Anyway I was just saying what I was told today by a Subway worker!

And inevitably they are talking about direct charges. Inevitably the merchant fees they are paying in part relates to the number of issues they have and so even if they arent subject to chargebacks or other ways of loosing the funds they may find their merchant rates going up if they are being particularly heavily targeted for fraud.

dotdash79

I got told at subway that my contactless card wasn't working due to it wearing out.

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Bit like when you ask for a dash of one of the sauces, and they still proceed to drown the sandwich with half the bottle.

michael1983l

All Subway stores in the UK are franchises so I suspect this will just be the policy of the franchise holder and would not be nationwide.

Sabbathdei

dotdash79 wrote: »

I got told at subway that my contactless card wasn't working due to it wearing out.

Umm...nothing touches it, how can it wear out ?
The !!!!! must have been sampling a few too many of their "ingredients." :laugh:

iAMaLONDONER

dotdash79 wrote: »

I got told at subway that my contactless card wasn't working due to it wearing out.

Did it work elsewhere?

dotdash79

iAMaLONDONER wrote: »

Did it work elsewhere?

Nope, it was DOA.

reclusive46

Sabbathdei wrote: »

Umm...nothing touches it, how can it wear out ?
The !!!!! must have been sampling a few too many of their "ingredients." :laugh:

Contactless can break if the card is bent.

Wilkins

reclusive46 wrote: »

Contactless can break if the card is bent.

There is stuff on Youtube etc about how to disable it but it seems risky. A possible threat is from opportunistic skimming in crowded situations. Since there is no physical theft, I don't know how the banks would respond.

I keep mine wrapped in tinfoil which is supposed to stop it being read.

reclusive46

Wilkins wrote: »

There is stuff on Youtube etc about how to disable it but it seems risky. A possible threat is from opportunistic skimming in crowded situations. Since there is no physical theft, I don't know how the banks would respond.

I keep mine wrapped in tinfoil which is supposed to stop it being read.

Having it with other contactless cards does the same job. More than one contactless card (Of any sort, work badge or Oyster will do) makes them both unreadable if they are within about 2 or 3 cms of each other.

To be perfectly honest there is no need for criminals to skim card data like this when they can skim far more cards and get PINs with cash machine skimmers.