I just had a call from my credit card security dept. It appears someone has skimmed my card and is using it to buy DELL computer parts. Last time I presented it eas to buy petrol at a Shell garage 5 miles from me. Card has been stopped and hopefully I will be reimbursed. Pain in the bum though. Make sure when you use your card they do not take it away from your sight.
My mum had it begining of the year over £1400 all re imbersed tho but was also for dell as well as apple products. Dell wouldnt give.me a delivery adress neither :-( so couldnt of had any fun out of it.
petrol stations run by the "foriegners" are bad for it.
Ive had 3 of my cards done as i buy alot of fuel due to my 1000 miles a week travelling for work. GRRRRR
Doesn't virtually every garage have a "chip and pin" machine these days?
Apparently even chip & pin is compromised these days --- it just takes a brainier more cyber aware scum bag.
i only pay cash in garage's these days
If the government has its way it will get rid of cash, and then we will be at the crooks mercy.
Chip and pin has not been compromised and is 100% safe. The issue is some
Garages swipe the card on the computer to match details but people tape a card reader to the till so it looks good.
My wife had an email the other day from the bank asking if she has applied for a credit card. Apparently, someone had tried to get one in her name but
couldn't answer all the questions so they emailed her to see if it was genuine. Nat West have been good with us on this and another occasion when
I apprently payed for purple parking at Heathrow whilst I was busy in Swindon. neat trick if you can do it!
It's almost as common as wet weather nowadays
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Originally posted by jossey
Chip and pin has not been compromised and is 100% safe. The issue is some
Garages swipe the card on the computer to match details but people tape a card reader to the till so it looks good.
There is also in existance a card that has a wire leading to a computer of sorts, that someone puts in the chip and pin machine and the computer basically tells the reader that a correct pin has been entered, when it hasnt.
I got skimmed last year, only fuel at Morrisons and occasionally at a small independent setup run by young lads, and when I spoke to Morrisons they
had never had a skimming occur on their site, so I wonder where it happened..
Card ended up buying buggies for Jeremy Kyle contestants in Manchester, thieving turds....
Likewise my card never leaves my sight.
Quote From BBC News Website dated 26 October 2009
"According to a recent survey by the Consumer Association, 20% of identity fraud victims end up out of pocket.
Jane Badger is one of them. In 2006 she reported a fraudulent transaction of £772 on her Egg credit card, and fully expected to get her money back.
Instead she was arrested, her house searched, she was suspended from her job, charged with fraud by misrepresentation and taken to court.
With Professor Anderson's help, the case against her collapsed and she was acquitted although she has not got her money back.
Ms Badger said: "It's taken over my life. All I want is an apology."
The BBC asked Egg to comment on this case, but it declined. "
Full Article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/8325477.stm
Lots more on if you search on "chip and pin security" the BBC website
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Originally posted by britishtrident
Quote From BBC News Website dated 26 October 2009
"According to a recent survey by the Consumer Association, 20% of identity fraud victims end up out of pocket.
Jane Badger is one of them. In 2006 she reported a fraudulent transaction of £772 on her Egg credit card, and fully expected to get her money back.
Instead she was arrested, her house searched, she was suspended from her job, charged with fraud by misrepresentation and taken to court.
With Professor Anderson's help, the case against her collapsed and she was acquitted although she has not got her money back.
Ms Badger said: "It's taken over my life. All I want is an apology."
The BBC asked Egg to comment on this case, but it declined. "
Full Article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/8325477.stm
Lots more on if you search on "chip and pin security" the BBC website
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Originally posted by dlatch
i only pay cash in garage's these days
If paying cash at petrol stations I always memorise the last few digits of any large value notes.
Cash isn't that much safer. Not only are there large numbers of forgeries but it's also much easier to nick and as said you've got to
get the cash in the first place and a private ATM is more likely to be used to scam you than a petrol station. Another issue that doesn't come up
much but what if the garage takes your real money and claims its fake? Legally, shops are obliged to confiscate forged notes, and the problem is worse
if they've got some fakes to swap it with.
I buy most of my fuel from Tesco, but mostly because I get it when I do my shopping. Most people I know who've had their card scammed has been
from small petrol stations.
I'm surprised there aren't large numbers of people abusing contactless to rob people, some of the machines will read a card through a
pocket, wallet and a few other cards (I tested this).
quote:
Originally posted by jossey
Chip and pin has not been compromised and is 100% safe. The issue is some
Garages swipe the card on the computer to match details but people tape a card reader to the till so it looks good.