Farnborough Card Fraud

[hadenough!]

Had a call from my bank today.

It appears someone has been spending my money for the past couple of weeks.

The last transaction before it started to happen was at a local petrol station. Speaking to people who live locally, they've actually suggested the possible source before I've even mentioned it. It would appear it's not the first time its happened there.

Anyway, the last transaction before the fraud commenced was at the Total Garage in Cove. They may well have nothing to do with it though.

[SpudGunner]

was a gang before working out of shell and total garages locally in Farnborough/Guildford area

[Jonny671]

SpudGunner said:

was a gang before working out of shell and total garages locally in Farnborough/Guildford area

Yep, that was about 5 years ago I think?

They got my Dad down at the local Shell garage, bds.

[jas xjr]

Having been scammed a few years ago , I only ever pay by cash at petrol stations

[hadenough!]

The cash thing is tempting but when its around £80 a pop for the car its a pain in the arse.

[jas xjr]

hadenough! said:

The cash thing is tempting but when its around £80 a pop for the car its a pain in the arse.

I get around 18mpg , tell me about it. Scumbags took £800 out of my account. Got it back but learnt my lesson. What made it worse that the police could not do anything about it

[Woza]

A friend of mine got his card cloned at that total garage in cove a few years back.

Have never used it since.

[R400PM]

Seems like that petrol station are up to their old tricks again!!!!

We use that petrol station through work, only ever use credit cards as if they do jump on the scam wagon it's not our money that they are taking!

It was in the papers about 3 years back IIRC!?!

I think they had a camera watching peoples pin numbers, so make sure if you do go in there, cover your pin VERY well!!

[Karlos69]

R400PM said:

Seems like that petrol station are up to their old tricks again!!!!

We use that petrol station through work, only ever use credit cards as if they do jump on the scam wagon it's not our money that they are taking!

It was in the papers about 3 years back IIRC!?!

I think they had a camera watching peoples pin numbers, so make sure if you do go in there, cover your pin VERY well!!

I don't think it's cameras for the chip and pin machines - they normally have a tiny key logger in-line on the lead to the computer which logs all the buttons pressed and card details and stores them ready for downloading later. It was on telly a little whilst back - very cheap and simple to do with potentially large rewards.

[Don1]

As Karlos says with the tech.

Personally I use a credit card that will get my money back if it happens, and only use 'trusted' stations (as in I know the people who own it).

[Les84]

there was a shell garage on the Aldershot road in Guildford that was doing thids I belive, now I only pay with cash in any station.

Les

[CypherP]

Have had the same at a Total garage (Chobham) and also the old Jet garage in Frimley Green. Don't use either now.

Scum. Absolute scum.

[ph1l5]

BP in Windsor got me a couple of years ago, Bank man phoned me to ask how the hell I got to Australia when I was in Windsor the night before !!

[Gibo993]

I got cloned a few weeks ago and was trying to work out how, as the card was only a few weeks old (lost wallet) I used the garage opposite Camberley Heath Golf Club, just before so may be the reason.....

[LC926]

Not on the same scale but another thing to watch for, as it happened twice in the Chobham one. They try to over charge you. Haven't had it when i put in a set amount, ie: rounded up, but when i put in a random amount they tried adding £5 on. The first time i didn't realise until too late but the next time i made a point of remembering how much i put in and they tried it on, with an apology when the mistake was pointed out. Mistake my arse !