How do they do it?

Eddie Zedder

Eddie Zedder

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I received a text early this morning from my bank saying that they had noticed some unusual activity on one of my debit cards and if I recognised the transactions :eek:.

So texted back No and then logged on to internet banking to check, sure enough there were 6 transactions taken out over the last two days totalling £450 :woot:.

Within 20 minutes the bank rang me, cancelled the card and told me there had been three other attempts to take money which they had blocked. Turns out that it was spent on an online betting website based in Berkshire.

The bank has referred it to their fraud department so I should be getting the cash returned :).

But how the hell did the perpetrators get the card details. I could understand it if it happened on my everyday account, but the card in question has never been out of the house, or seen a cash machine and has only been used twice online at reputable traders, the last time in February.

Hats off to the bank for spotting the activity and sorting it quickly :thumbsup:. I would hate to think how this would affect some poor souls with little money in their bank accounts.

Be careful out there folks.
 
A work mate had £8500 taken from his account and the bank refused to refund it.
Took 3 years via the ombudsman for a full refund.
 
Eddie Zedder said:
Berkshire.
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Hmmmmm, now that rings a bell.;)=))

Tony.

ps. We had a similar incident a few years ago Bryan, we were told by the Police that (at that time) they would try a couple of small purchases and if they go through then they go for the big one, usually £999 or less.
 
Glad to hear it got spotted early. Hope that your able to get a refund sorted quickly and easily.
 
Low Rider said:
A work mate had £8500 taken from his account and the bank refused to refund it.
Took 3 years via the ombudsman for a full refund.
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Holy s***, that a lot :eek:.
 
t-tony said:
Hmmmmm, now that rings a bell.;)=))

Tony.

ps. We had a similar incident a few years ago Bryan, we were told by the Police that (at that time) they would try a couple of small purchases and if they go through then they go for the big one, usually £999 or less.
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Yes Tony, you have to watch them Berks =)).
 
We had a friend over from Italy a couple of years ago, her credit card got scammed at an Italian shop when on a day trip to London. By the time she got back to Newark hundreds had been spent on a betting site in Italy.
 
Jjim said:
Glad to hear it got spotted early. Hope that your able to get a refund sorted quickly and easily.
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Hope so Jim, waiting for a call from their fraud department, the guy who I first spoke to was pretty confident it would be sorted quickly.
 
You would think that if the gambler had won anything they would be able to trace where the winnings went?

Tony.
 
Eddie Zedder said:
Hope so Jim, waiting for a call from their fraud department, the guy who I first spoke to was pretty confident it would be sorted quickly.
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They did with ours mate, but it was "only" £1000, which they told us was peanuts in the real world!

Tony.
 
t-tony said:
You would think that if the gambler had won anything they would be able to trace where the winnings went?

Tony.
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You would think in this day and age they would be able to trace the IP address of where the bets were placed from, but I doubt if the police would be interested in doing that.
 
A similar thing happened to me a few years ago. A local petrol station was scamming cards, fortunately, I spotted the small purchase and the bank sorted it straight away.
 
Skimmers are regularly found on Gas pumps in Florida, so you have to be careful if using cards. We always pay cash, no risk!

Tony.
 
One of my cards got declined this week so I called HSBC.

They said my card has been compromised and they're sending me a new one.

Lots of small transactions, £20 here, £20 there, but def not mine.

Waiting to hear the outcome.
 
Tfp said:
One of my cards got declined this week so I called HSBC.

They said my card has been compromised and they're sending me a new one.

Lots of small transactions, £20 here, £20 there, but def not mine.

Waiting to hear the outcome.
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Quick phone call, all sorted and refunded.

One transaction was $912 US dollars, other was Dhl Uk for £126.

I'd love to know how they got my card, my most recent transactions were booking advance train tickets online.
 
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