card fraud. using pin ???

[ken78]

we just went in to arati news the paper shop just along from ayres the bakers nunhead I used my card, had to void the transaction when I saw the amount WRONG, I think they want a early christmas tip lucky I saw the amount, then my mate got 2 packs of fags on his card and the the pirce was ?126879.00 lucky he saw the amount, if you use this shop DONT TRUST THEM better still use another shop. if the transactions went through we would have had a great Christmas NO MONEY FOR ANY THING,

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

[eddie]

I suspect that you have just posted your friends pin number on here. Might be worth changing it. It can happen that when a sales assistant puts the amount into the machine, they forget to press enter and then the customer puts in their pin number, thus the large amount that appears. Its no excuse but people should always check the amount.

[pinecone]

i'm guessing someone's PIN is 6789

[ken78]

no I am not that silly I changed the number, but thanks to all for that some one else might have put the right number in thanks any way. told the banks and they said to tell the police. 2 transactions one after after the other just a coincidence ????.

[Loz]

ken78 Wrote:

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> we just went in to arati news the paper shop just

> along from ayres the bakers nunhead I used my

> card, had to void the transaction when I saw the

> amount WRONG, I think they want a early christmas

> tip lucky I saw the amount, then my mate got 2

> packs of fags on his card and the the pirce was

> ?126879.00 lucky he saw the amount, if you use

> this shop DONT TRUST THEM better still use another

> shop. if the transactions went through we would

> have had a great Christmas NO MONEY FOR ANY

> THING,

> HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Unless you have a LOT of money sitting in your current account (like more than ?126879) then the transaction will fail. So, a pretty poor scam if indeed it is one.

[Alan Medic]

You are silly enough to write about something in Nunhead in this thread where technically it will be deleted as it's not ED specific.

[ken78]

so when I read about nunhead on THIS FORUM its wrong, and a lot of Dulwich do come to nunhead to shop. they don't stay in Dulwich, look at the forum about PECKHAM RYE LANE is that in Dulwich ?? and I think that at this time of year we should all beware of this kind of thing, or am I wrong ?? so when we let the Dulwich forum readers know about ANY THING ABOUT THATS NOT IN DULWICH BEWARE YOU WILL BE CALLED SILLY BY

Alan Medic.

[ken78]

just read on this forum about Peckham rye lane shops is that in Dulwich ????

[ken78]

moved post to the lounge ?? i think it comes under general ed issues as this might be an issue, if your card was card cloned how would you feel, this could have happened as on the transaction it had the account number and the pin number ??? TOLD THE POLICE and they are looking in to it. so

[Alan Medic]

I don't make the rules. This tread is now in the Lounge, presumably as it's not ED specific.

[DulwichFox]

Loz Wrote:

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>

> Unless you have a LOT of money sitting in your

> current account (like more than ?126879) then the

> transaction will fail. So, a pretty poor scam if

> indeed it is one.

Any transaction for that amount would fail.. ?126,879

The scam is.. ?12 is the cost of goods. 6879 is your pin.

They enter 12 and pass to you to enter your pin whilst still in enter amount mode.

The transaction is cancelled and the details entered correctly.

You are now unaware of any problem..

Now any rouge trader (and this may of been an innocent error) will now have your card number, pin, and security code.

A new card can be cloned and you get stuffed.

Simples..

DulwichFox

[Loz]

Ahhh, good spot, Foxy. Missed that one.

That's a big spot, because you can reconstruct the data on the mag stripe of a card with most of the info that is on the card itself - it only holds 80 characters. Not usable in the UK (as you mist have a chip), but could be used overseas in a country that does not mandate chips (like the USA).

[unlurked]

It's a newsagents. No big purchases. Pay with cash, no scam or anything else plus you don't keep other customers waiting. Even simpler.

[LadyNorwood]

*rouge trader* haha!!

[KalamityKel]

ken78 Wrote:

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> we just went in to arati news the paper shop just

> along from ayres the bakers nunhead I used my

> card, had to void the transaction when I saw the

> amount WRONG, I think they want a early christmas

> tip lucky I saw the amount, then my mate got 2

> packs of fags on his card and the the pirce was

> ?126879.00 lucky he saw the amount, if you use

> this shop DONT TRUST THEM better still use another

> shop. if the transactions went through we would

> have had a great Christmas NO MONEY FOR ANY

> THING,

> HAPPY CHRISTMAS

What did they say when you pointed this out to them?

[ken78]

unlurked most of workers carry cards AS THE WAGES GO IN TO A BANK not cash,

Loz i had my card cloned in the petrol station on the roundabout opposite east dulwich tavern about 2 years ago took all my money out within 5 hrs in india, so now I don't trust any one,

KalamityKel when I asked about this he said it was not a problem ??, and as I said to him not a problem for him but the bill had my pin and my account number on it, if he new a shop that takes card with just signing for as some still do,he could have used it. and then Alan Medic said "You are silly enough to write about something in Nunhead in this thread where technically it will be deleted as it's not ED specific" what a shame , so if ANY ONE tries to let people know about any thing that's NOT IN THE DULWICH AREA be warned, they will call you SILLY LIKE I WAS BY MR ALAN MEDIC, now I expect this post to be removed as I am SILLY

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL AND A GREAT NEW YEAR.

[LadyDeliah]

Thanks for posting this. It's not something I would have thought about and I don't usually check the amount when I press the enter button, after I've entered my pin.

I'll make sure I check it in future though.