Card Fraud

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:17 pm

Went to pay for petrol today and my card got declined. Someone has been using my card to pay for things this month and i have no idea how. Has anyone else experienced this!!

Im super worried!!

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:20 pm

B******s that happened to my old boss, they took about 2-3k he'd just been paid so they could have taken Â£10k but he caught it early thanks to Internet Banking. Hope you get it sorted quickly mate!

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:22 pm

Yeh, felt super embarressed today at the petrol station. Was gobsmacked, had just checked my balance hours before and it was fine!! Luckily im a student so they couldnt take much. But they took alot considering my income! I will have to wait months to get it back! Bastards!

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:27 pm

That's the downside, they get the money straight away by copying your card yet when it comes to YOU getting it you have to wait ages? I didn't know it let you type bastards that's why I put the stars in

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:28 pm

Its ironic. This is the first month in 2 years i havnt blown my wages in like 2 days and instead some f**k face has done it for me!!

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:32 pm

That's the worst thing about it, you earn it for some other s**t head to spend it for you, and like I say there's nothing you can do, then you have to try and prove it wasn't you

JTLondon · Post by **JTLondon** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:04 am

Did you use your card where they may have taken the card out of your sight for a short time?
My mum had her card used via Argos Online... sooo easily traceable if they wanted to look for them... just use the order number and check the shipping address.

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:23 am

Going to bank tomorrow, we'll see...

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:07 pm

Keep us posted Phil, hope you get it sorted quickly mate

laura_fairy_22 · Post by **laura_fairy_22** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:48 pm

i hate people in the bank...
especially the Halifax.
This old woman in the branch near me basically said to m face that i was lying... fecking b***h.

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:50 pm

That's where I think it's wrong, you get treated like it was you that used it but you're saying someone stole it!

toXXin · Post by **toXXin** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:15 pm

I used to work in a bank preventing this, it's a lot of fun catching the bastards while in the shop!

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 4:43 pm

yeah, you just gotta hope they're thick enough to try using it again (if the bank doesnt immediately block it)

i dont let my card out of sight at all if i can help it - it only takes a moment to note the 16 digit number, name, expiry and sec code, then they can easily find your address on electoral register later. it's more worrying about the card machines that can be easily altered to copy the magstrip when it's swiped, and you don't need any extra authorisation then... that's what chip and pin has really been brought in to stop, rather than anyone copying your signature. if they were bright the pin code would be extra with the signature, not a replacement.

good luck dude... some bastard swiped my wallet a couple months back (out of works locker room!) and i was on the phone to the bank to block it so bloody fast when i found out, even though they'd already caught the sod when i heard - just in case he'd had the card out and chucked it to a mate or camphoned the details to someone

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:59 pm

I just found out the other day what they had buying... One of the items was off flowersdirect.co.uk and the police/barclays have a shipping address, someones in trouble

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:05 pm

What an