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Bank Account Raided
I guess I won’t be the first on UKSB to have their bank account raided, would be nice to think I would be the last.
Had an automated phone call from my bank yesterday asking that I confirm I made certain purchases totaling nearly £5,000! Of course I hadn’t made any of these purchases so I was then transferred to a human being who confirmed the fraud and many more transactions building up.
I can only speculate how these b******s got hold of my details – probably from a ‘tampered with’ cash point machine, other than that, I just can’t imagine.
So beware when you use cash point machines. These thieves have been know to place a card reader in front of where you insert you card and a mini camera above to view the PIN entry.
I’m just speculating of course! Now I’d like to speculate what I’d do with these thieves if we were in a room together!! (:)
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Hope you get it sorted John, thieving little b*rstards
Kev
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Same thing happened to me a few months ago. I hadn’t been using any cash machines and I still have no idea how they got my card details. Fortunately my bank spotted unusual buying patterns straight away and phoned me to find out if they were genuine or not. My card was then cancelled and I was sent a new card within a few days. We often crticise banks, but on this occasion I have only praise for their vigilance in spotting that my card details had been stolen.
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A few weeks ago we had 1 new replacement card through because the old one expired, anyway I just put it in my wallet (and even forgot to sign it!!) as I don’t really use the card anyway. Had a automated phone call from my bank saying there were a few suspicious transactions on there and could I ring the bank to confirm these.
Top marks for the system as it did in fact pick up these small fraudulent transactions
Bad marks for the card technology as it was scammed even before I had chance to use it, it never even left my wallet!
Be aware that these new cards may have the contactless chip in which can easily be read by passing readers (even apps on mobiles can read the data)
I can only imagine it was read though the envelope on it’s way to me by some dodgy sc**bag.
You’ll find plenty of video examples on the net how easy this is done.
I also rang my bank to tell them I wanted a new card without this contactless chip but they couldn’t supply them anymore, this is the future they said.No thanks I said and punched a hole though the chip on the card!!
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crickey… saw the program about scams the other week with ATMs
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