Had a call from my Bank this evening...
The dialogue went something like this:
"Can you please confirm you attempted to withdraw £73 from an ATM in South Africa On four separate occasions over the last three days?"
This question was posted to one who has a pathalogical fear and hatred of flying and will only leave the UK in a vehicle that has a double chevron on it somewhere and I don't think Citroen ever made an aeroplane..
So no, I did not. The last time I left the shores of the UK was nearly two years ago and that was to drive to France.
Questioning, I determined that my card has been skimmed and then cloned. This most likely happened at a petrol station according to the bank and these establishments are thought to the most common place to be skimmed. So beware.
From now on, it is cash only when filling up.
It's caused a lot of hassle. My debit card has been stopped and I've to wait a week for a replacement.
I've been skimmed :-(
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I've been skimmed :-(
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Oh heck Jim!
Any idea which petrol station did it?
Any idea which petrol station did it?
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Re: I've been skimmed :-(
I also got one asking if I had my card in my possession? - Yes. Have you used it today? - No. Then you haven't bought cinema tickets and just tried to buy computer equipment to the value of £850. No, I hadn't. Thank heavens for an alert card company.citrojim wrote:Had a call from my Bank this evening...
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Re: I've been skimmed :-(
Keep a check on your account though John. Despite the bank very quickly telling me, two of the transactions still crept through, 2000 Rand in all and 4 quid charges for the priviledgeJohnD wrote:I also got one asking if I had my card in my possession? - Yes. Have you used it today? - No. Then you haven't bought cinema tickets and just tried to buy computer equipment to the value of £850. No, I hadn't. Thank heavens for an alert card company.
It's now gone through to their fraud team and I'll have to sign an affidavit to say it was not me before they'll refund, whic'll take up to ten working days
Mind you, they said it would take a week to get me a replacement debit card. In the event it took just over a day
Xac: My suspicions rest on the BP garage in Newport or the Shell garage in Blakelands (on the H3 Monks Way).
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I'm trying to remember if it was that one or the one by KFC (with BP over the road) that got caught skimming before!
So much for chip and pin!
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Re: I've been skimmed :-(
Not a plane, but close...citrojim wrote:This question was posted to one who has a pathalogical fear and hatred of flying and will only leave the UK in a vehicle that has a double chevron on it somewhere and I don't think Citroen ever made an aeroplane..
http://www.der-wankelmotor.de/Flugzeuge ... opter.html
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I do - but it should be OK. They cancelled the car and issued a new one with a new number.citrojim wrote:[
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Woman behind the counter in Barclays today said BP were to blame Jim
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Indeed it was Apparantly, they caught loads in there. Boycotted from now on. In fact all non-supermarket stations are now viewed with deep suspicion and should I have to use one, it'll be good old cashXac wrote:Woman behind the counter in Barclays today said BP were to blame Jim
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Had my card skimmed a year or so back, pretty certain that was at a Total station in Lincolnshire. Lloyds were pretty good, and it was a credit card so it wasn't a case of my account being emptied leaving me short, it just took up some of my credit limit until it was sorted. Main problem I had is that they'd been phoning me throughout the day, and each time it was an automated voice that asked me to press 1 on my handset or something. I assumed it was a scam, and kept hanging up. Fortunately that evening I checked my account on-line and phoned them when I saw the fraudulent transactions.