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"FU^%ING" Credit-Cards!!!
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GlennSprigg:
YES, we all use them now, and 'hope' that it all goes ok when we purchase things every day...
My 'missus', (7:30pm here), just got a call from her Bank. (Yes, it's legitimate). It seems she has
lost about $3,000 from her account, beginning at about 4.00am this morning. We are generally
SO meticulous about on-line transactions. And ONLY use Paypal also, for any transactions.

The Bank said that the 1st 'transaction' was from Sydney. (We are in W.A.).  And then there were
5 other transactions from 'Italy'... immediately afterwards!!??  They presently 'suspect' a 'skimming'
device, although we can not understand how?  I CAN'T imagine a Supermarket Teller device having
a 'skimming' device. So it's either an 'ATM' or a corrupt online purchase.

They PROMISE she will get all her money back!, but I don't know what more we can do to stop this
in the future!  'I'm' generally well educated about so-called 'skimming' devices at an ATM. I 'look' for
them, and think I would know...  So it's back to 'on-line' liars/schemers.  They should be SHOT!!    >:(
dr.diesel:

--- Quote from: GlennSprigg on June 26, 2020, 12:13:01 pm ---So it's either an 'ATM' or a corrupt online purchase.

--- End quote ---

Or local restaurants, pretty easy to snap a picture of the card when eating out.

This happens to me once every 1-2 years, nothing you can really do about it.
SilverSolder:

A few years ago, my wife had an attack on her credit card.  The bank called, the card was cancelled, and a new card was sent in the mail.

A few weeks later, the bank called again and said there had been another attack...   on the new credit card...   a card which had never been used!   :o


Seems the scammers sometimes have better systems than the banks...

Jeroen3:
Are you still using magstrip over there?
Rerouter:
What is easier, breaking into 2-3 letter boxes and maybe getting the cards, or cycling slowly around a neighborhood on the footpath near letter boxes with a high power RFID scanner and catching every one with no trace of your action?

Never underestimate laziness.
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