[internetworkers] VISA ATM card fraud
B Holroyd
beeholroyd at gmail.com
Mon Mar 6 22:27:35 EST 2006
*http://tinyurl.com/k6w86*
*for some recent news stories about VISA cardholder problems:*
"Someone got into the database of a nationwide store chain, although Visa
won't say what store. ..."
I thought that was old news but it may be a huge crime-in-progress..... ~B
~B
On 3/6/06, cthomson at firestreammedia.com <cthomson at firestreammedia.com>
wrote:
>
> My partner had something a little different happen on Friday 3/1. Someone
> used her Wachovia ATM Visa debit card at an ATM in CA and did a balance
> inquiry and then withdrew all cash from the account. She noticed this Sat
> while checking her account online. She of course still has her card and we
> thought was "skimmed" but perhaps that is not how "they" got the account
> number and PIN. Two other people she works with in a small workplace had
> similar experiences. The Wachovia manager in Durham told her that there
> have been 3-4 other fraudulent reports at her branch recently which is
> unusual.
>
> Carol
>
>
> > Someone's reported my RBC debit/VISA stolen, according to the manager at
> > Lowes. I had to write a check. ~B
> >
> > On 3/6/06, Lance A. Brown <lance at bearcircle.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> I saw this on Boing Boing yesterday:
> >>
> >> Citibank under fraud attack, customers locked out of accounts
> >> BoingBoing pal and Citibank customer Jake Appelbaum tried to withdraw
> >> some cash with his ATM card on Saturday night. He initiated his bank
> >> account long ago in the US, but was in Toronto, Canada yesterday. Jake
> >> explains:
> >>
> >> To my surprise, the ATM machine rejected the transaction and urged
> >> me to contact my financial institution. The machine also reported on
> the
> >> receipt "INELIGIBLE ACCOUNT."
> >>
> >> http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/05/citibank_under_fraud.html
> >>
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