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Credit Card Fraud!!!

Valentia · 2004-11-20 19:15:40

If you buy on the net check this thread. This scam is major and serious.

20-11-2004 7:15pm

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If you buy on the net check this thread. This scam is major and serious.

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#2 20-11-2004 7:42pm

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Get yer chip & pin cards asap imo (i love abbrvs)

Waaaay handier cos of all the added security

Btw in work we have a chip and pin Visa machine... can anyone explain why sometimes it asks to take an inprint of the card (only when it's a chip and pin card though)

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#3 20-11-2004 8:29pm

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SteveD wrote:

Get yer chip & pin cards asap imo (i love abbrvs)

Waaaay handier cos of all the added security

Chip and Pin (or lack of it) does bugger all for web transactions as you don't use the pin to authorise transactions made via websites.

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#4 20-11-2004 9:06pm

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I'm sayin more for when your card gets scanned. That article was partially about cards being scanned and having imprints taken of all the information on it. That can't be done with chip and pin cards (afaik)

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#5 20-11-2004 10:25pm

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Should we only be suspicious is our credit cards were swiped at a shop?

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#6 20-11-2004 10:32pm

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I have seen it happen all too often at restraunts.
When someone hands in a Credit Card, they swipe it in a second, personal scanner, and take a copy of the card information. Takes about 2 seconds to do, takes about a month to find out it's happened.

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#7 20-11-2004 11:03pm

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That can't be done with chip and pin cards

Yup, it can be done - chip and pin, or not.

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#8 21-11-2004 1:14am

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My card was not swiped in any shop. Booked Aer Lingus flights the same day. Wonder if that had anything to do with it. My brother had a bogus debit on his a/c after booking with Aer Lingus a year ago.

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#9 21-11-2004 1:21am

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Perhaps...
It is possible that the Aer Lingus site is inscure. If that is the case, then they wouldn't have a certificate. If they have no certificate, then it is your fault that your details were stolen.
Alternatively, you may have had a keystroke logger infesting your PC. If that's the case, it's also your fault.
Or possibly someone at Aer Lingus is corrupt and stole your information. If that's the case, then not your fault.

And, yes, chip and pin cards can be swiped. After all, Chip and Pin cards will still have the magnetic strip on the back, and you will still be able to sign for things... in certain shops.

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#10 21-11-2004 12:47pm

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Thanks for that Bass :mad:

I just got my computer yesterday and I haven't used the net before. Jeez I don't know. The Aer Lingus thing was probably a co-insidence.

Iwonder were the CC numbers auto gererated as someone suggested on fool.co.uk. This is beginning to look like the most likely senario.

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#11 21-11-2004 1:06pm

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Interesting site, "Phone our 1800 number so we can confirm you still use this credit card that was ripped off".

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