Thousands Of Motorists Involved In Card Clone Scam - 21st Apr 2007 12:12pm
Originally Posted by BBC News
Thousands of motorists who use a bank card to buy petrol are thought to have lost millions of pounds in a scam allegedly linked to Tamil rebels.
It is believed cards are being skimmed at petrol stations, whereby the card details and pin numbers are retrieved and money withdrawn from the account.
About 200 of the UK's 9,500 petrol stations are thought to have been hit.
The Sri Lankan government has claimed its opponents, the Tamil Tigers, are behind the scam.
Police are investigating complaints made in Edinburgh, Norwich, Bury St Edmunds, Peterborough, Nottingham, Leeds, Bristol and Hull.
It is believed cards are being skimmed at petrol stations, whereby the card details and pin numbers are retrieved and money withdrawn from the account.
About 200 of the UK's 9,500 petrol stations are thought to have been hit.
The Sri Lankan government has claimed its opponents, the Tamil Tigers, are behind the scam.
Police are investigating complaints made in Edinburgh, Norwich, Bury St Edmunds, Peterborough, Nottingham, Leeds, Bristol and Hull.
In my opinion, they really need to tighten up the security of chip and pin machines, all these scams going on, especially at petrol stations, are making it look rediculous and I am not having second thoughts about using my card at any petrol station where I don't go reguarly.
What are your thoughts? Do you trust the chip and pin method of payment?
BBC News Report