Another POS skimming fraud in Galway |
| Published: September 2, 2008, 8:16 pm |
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This is a little late, since I was off on holliers when it came to light — Galway News reports ‘hundreds hit by skimming scam’: The account details of shoppers who used credit or laser cards to pay for their groceries and other items in a number of Galway shops and supermarkets were illegally skimmed by a gang who apparently managed to interfere with the Chip & PIN terminals at the stores' check-out counters. The Irish Times story: However, it has emerged some cardholders had several thousand euro taken from their accounts overseas before they realised what was happening and alerted their card provider. And it is feared that thousands of other customers do not yet realise their cards have been cloned. Garda sources have confirmed the case involves...Large Hadron Collider Lette's BlogAnother POS skimming fraud in Galway taint.org: Justin Mason's WeblogSee 0 more posts on this topic: 10th SeptemberKeywords: 10th september, 10th, [ Full article ] |
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