Card Fraud. A Few Tips.

doesnt always help when we had credit card fraud last year from someone working inside the bank....who had all passwords and cheque books and credit cards cloned.

and emptied all accounts... :(
 
Siliconslave said:
One thing i will add is keep an eye on your bank accounts, the sooner you catch someone cloneing your card the better, phone up your bank straight away if you see anything slightly dodgey on there and they'll cancel your card and help you through what to do next.
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Yes indeed. I had the door slammed firmly shut on the criminals that 'got' my card within 4-5 days. Bearing in mind the fact that the card was dormant (i.e. not in use), I think that's pretty good (and two weeks earlier than I would have caught it had I only been checking statements). They were booking holidays on lastminute.com, and I'll wager they didn't get to go. Can't have criminals fleeing the country on my account now, can I? :D
 
Good advice there. I had somebody right behind me once waiting impatiently (they were from down South, not from Stoke) and I damn near knocked them over when I moved to position myself right in front of the screen. I did say sorry but it was his fault really.

A friend of mine from Warrington said that in Manchester a standard tactic was chalking. Somebody would chalk your back if you had withdrawn more than say twenty quid, and down the street you'd get knocked over for it. That was quite a while ago, not sure if its still a regular occurance.
 
Borris said:
Email in Trust.
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more importantly, ignore in sig :p

thanks for the thread Von...i've always wondered what i need to be looking for if an ATM has been tampered with in any way. not that it compensates for your making me aware of the basics of card scamming, but have some stars for your effort :)
 
Great post, and thanks for the info last night.

A thing to note, which I should have clocked on, is that the majority of the time with cashpoints, the card will get sucked in after going 1/3 of the way in. The one I used probably needed all but half an inch in to suck. Be aware that a nice large plastic facia, that looks the part, can trick you, like it did me.

Lloyds TSB have sorted it all for me now, quickly and painlessly. I will be getting a new card in the coming days, and the money will be paid back to my account in the next couple of days also. :)
 
Lloyds TSB when we were there did nothing because it was an inside fraud job. and mega money was taken from our accounts.
 
Good advice

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saw this on "The Real Hustle" a few days ago and i was frightningly easy for them to do.

i tend to hold my wallet over the keypad nowadays. i try to only use machines that are attached to banks too as they usually have CCTV plus it would be pretty bold of a crim to put one on a bank.

try and avoid machines in dark corners where dodgy behavior would probably be easier to implement.
 
Clerkin said:
Good advice

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saw this on "The Real Hustle" a few days ago and i was frightningly easy for them to do.

i tend to hold my wallet over the keypad nowadays. i try to only use machines that are attached to banks too as they usually have CCTV plus it would be pretty bold of a crim to put one on a bank.

try and avoid machines in dark corners where dodgy behavior would probably be easier to implement.
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I feel the problem with holding your wallet round the pin, is that if there is somebody over your shoulder trying to see your pin, they can just go and grab your nice wallet just as fast then leg it, making far far more trouble in the end.

Though that is a really, quite generalised, unlikely situation, just a bad thing that could happen :p
 
Few things there i would never expect. Ive always presumed cashpoints are secure, and usually use indoor ones where possible. I always try to cover my pin code, but i do it by standing literally so close the the machine no-one would be able to see past unless they were over my shoulder.

Never ever thought it would be possible for criminals to be able to get a camera up.

Cheers for the tips, they are duely noted and will definately come in useful.
 
punky_munky said:
Some ATM's I use seem to take my card in very slowly and not very smoothly. Is that something to be wary of or is it just that the slot is sticky? ( :eek: )
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Pop in and ask the bank if possible or ring any helpline attatched to them.
 
punky_munky said:
Some ATM's I use seem to take my card in very slowly and not very smoothly. Is that something to be wary of or is it just that the slot is sticky? ( :eek: )
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This is normal now, and the reason for it is that a lot of machines have now had the slots modified so that skimming devices cant be fitted inside, and anything other than plastic cards being inserted puts the machine Out of Service.
 
DaveyD said:
Great post, and thanks for the info last night.

A thing to note, which I should have clocked on, is that the majority of the time with cashpoints, the card will get sucked in after going 1/3 of the way in. The one I used probably needed all but half an inch in to suck. Be aware that a nice large plastic facia, that looks the part, can trick you, like it did me.

Lloyds TSB have sorted it all for me now, quickly and painlessly. I will be getting a new card in the coming days, and the money will be paid back to my account in the next couple of days also. :)
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Dont suppose you remember who you spoke too?
 
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