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ArnoldLayne wrote: Just got back from working in Ireland to find that someone has used my visa card number to make withdrawals from my account via a poker and betting site, to the tune of £2,000. The scum bucket couldn't have won anything unless there is a way of depositing the winnings in an account other than the one your using to bet.



The fraud department of the bank has promised a full refund....phew !So sorry about that, it just goes to show, the infallible chip & pin is a waste of space!

ps, just as a matter of interest did you win?

ArnoldLayne wrote: Just got back from working in Ireland to find that someone has used my visa card number to make withdrawals from my account via a poker and betting site, to the tune of £2,000. The scum bucket couldn't have won anything unless there is a way of depositing the winnings in an account other than the one your using to bet.

The fraud department of the bank has promised a full refund....phew !
Sorry to hear about that, Arnold and glad your bank is making good your loss.

There are so many different scams around. How did they get your details? One favorite way used to be by picking up discarded c/card slips from ATMs or stores but nowdays they usually only print out the last 4 numbers to render that particular method useless.

So Sorry to hear about that, but there is also crime in this country or were you not told that?Must be the English influence

Dreadful news, but I`m pleased you`ll get a refund, at least

I hate what is happening to use, I hate these people that do this.. :-5 :-5 Arnold so glad your banks is giving you a refund.

And we have internet crime. What are our governments or the banks doing about it. Nothing.

ArnoldLayne wrote: Abbey , either he lost it all or found a way of depositing his winnings into another account



It would be ironic if he used my money to win loads of money for me to find on my bank statement suddenly one morning :wah:Now that that would be ironic, i wonder how you'd stand? would you be able to keep it?

Whats the betting that you check your account before monday! :wah:

I had this happen last year in Camden, they cloned my credit card even though it had been rejected when I tried to pay with it (I had expected it to be rejected).

Within a few days the bank was calling me due to someone attempting to buy things I would normally buy on the card.

It's funny what makes them suspicious, anyway, it was easy for them to trace where I had last been with the card myself as I rarely used it.

Never heard anything else, but I know fraud squad were paying a visit to that shop and the London Underground Station that I had just bought a ticket from.

ArnoldLayne wrote: After getting the news from my bank .I went shopping and looked at my reciept from a clothes store and found my card number was there in full. I feel sure thats how they got my number.



Capt. Buzzard ....It happened while I was in England . Only found out when I got back.



The perpetrator made the transactions in different foreign currencies It wasnt card cloning .The curious thing is I thought you needed the last 3 digits on the signature strip on the reverse of the card to use it on the net which is why my suspicions lie with the shop.



We all live and learn''Sophisticated' Scam targets bank's clients.

At least 400 banks in Southern Ireland have been targats by Russians in the last few weeks. Irish Police are investigating.www.garda.ie

ArnoldLayne wrote: The curious thing is I thought you needed the last 3 digits on the signature strip on the reverse of the card to use it on the net I've bought a few things lately on the net where I haven't been asked for the number.

ArnoldLayne wrote: Im going to start carrying wads of cash. I dont trust plastic anymore. I've often wondered what it must be like to pay for something big like a car with a briefcase full of readiesI never did use them cards. Prefer cash mate