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credit/debit card scam

calvin

calvin

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just a warning not to use your chip and pin cards to pay for fuel in petrol stations. these retail establishments are a prime source of card scamming, copying your details electronically and then producing clones of your card which is then used for all sorts of purchases. i have had a grand debited from my account for transactions at the other end of the country, so be warned.
one bit of advice is to check your account for a couple of small card purchases (in my case it was for bus tickets) close to each other. this is apparently the thief checking out that the cloned card works, then a few days later BANG they come back for the big money. they dont need your pin number just the 18 digit card number stored in the chip.
the advice from my bank is pay ONLY CASH at petrol stations.
 
shell was the first one to have problems they even suspended the use of chip and pin for a while.the fraud is more wideside than most people think-lots of local papers carry reports but not many nationals which is very convenient for the banks who have passed the buck to us the consumers now​
 
Mmm chip and pin made things secure! Sure!

Personally I think we should still sign.. Although i can now borrow other peoples cards to pay for services.. (legit obviously)
 
Yep me too!
A £1.50 bus ticket at the beginning of Feb then £300 gone on mobile phones!
Barclays have said they will pay it back within 7 days as long as I fill the relevant forms in. You can challange any payment made without chip and pin - the ownus is on the retailer to prove the sale rather than you to prove it did'nt happen.
ian
 
I had the same last July, paid for fuel at a shell station (the only time because I never had cash on me) and had 800 quid taken. I don't pay for anything with my card now (debit card, not credit).

Cheers, Ben
 
I keep a separate account for my working debit card wich i topup weekly with what i expect to spend on fuel and expenses each week it means that the most available in that account is £300 or 5 tanks of diesel. everything over that is cash from a seperate account. but you should see the trouble that can cause especialy with hotels. when they ask how would you like to pay and you say cash on departure.

they then ask for a credit or debit card. ive been refused a room for the night on a number of ocasions usualy in the south
 
i wonder if the same is happening to me , had £2.50 go out of my account today that i can't account (no pun intended lol ) for , and i happen to use shell a lot for my fuel
 
Saw something on watchdog about this i think the sign method is still safer you can tell your bank you don,t want chip & pin you want the sign method some banks will help some thing i will get round to doing as soon as i get time
 
jaa said:
i wonder if the same is happening to me , had £2.50 go out of my account today that i can't account (no pun intended lol ) for , and i happen to use shell a lot for my fuel
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Phone your bank NOW and ask what the transaction is as you never made it!!

The banks are very helpfull...


Cheers
 
looks like it is a widespread problem, the thing is the bank contacted me about the two bus tickets that were purchased and i pointed out the thousand quid purchase made a week later, they didnt see it. one thing that has come out of this is that i will be checking my bank account every week from now on.
cheers
 
thanks toppa , good advice i'm going to go into branch tomorrow and see what's going on , luckily there's only a few quid in my account at the mo
 
The garage outside Cranbrook in Kent springs to mind. Father in Law had his card scammed there. I tend to use supermarkets for fuel - Morrisons give you a nice £5 voucher every so often and Tescos give you points which make prizes!!
 
Shell was the first one to have problems they even suspended the use of chip and pin for a while
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Yes - it started at one in Guildford just down the road from me. Several friends were done, inc one who works in a bank!!
the advice from my bank is pay ONLY CASH at petrol stations
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I ALWAYS ask for a receipt too - annoys them but shows you've paid up.

Michael
 
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