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Card fraud
redhand:
The most common source for card cloning is Filling stations. Usual thing is to have a CCTV camera aimed at the ATM outside and the card reader inside. Also they'll sometimes claim the machine is broken and use a manual card machine or take your card and take it in to the back room. Moral is always keep card covered even whilst inserting it into the machine. and never let the assistant have it in his/her possesion at all.
Disco Matt:
Happened to me a couple of years ago, they got £30 worth of phone credit (bank refunded it), tried to do the same again but it didn't go through. They also tried to get two £700 orders of computer stuff through, which the company concerned didn't process!
I strongly suspect that the fraudster worked at a well-known model railway shop, as I found several others who'd had their cards ripped off after shopping at the same place. This retailer is to the model train world what the one hinted at above is to the LR world (if that makes sense).
The phone credit seems to be a standard thing for the thieving little snotrags - it's more or less untraceable and a way of checking whether the card is live or not. I now try to use Paypal when dealing with unknown retailers. They never see your card details that way. I know Paypal has horror stories attached to it but they seem to be better at avoiding light-fingered staff than some shops.
Thrasher:
Protect your CV2 number. Without it your actual card number is useless. If you *think* there is a problem with an online supplier, ask them if they are PCI compliant. If they are....then it becomes the bank/credit card companies issue.
Mark_Solesbury:
PCI is the magic word.
To meet PCI regs, one thing they cannot do it write the number down - Thats a big no no.
I always get suspicious is the person on the phone is blatantly scribbling as you talk.
Thrasher:
PCI is a mighty scary thing - if they ain't compliant ...... :shock:
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