Identity theft
Discussion
I am pretty vigilant with my security and always shred anything which could be of use to a fraudster.
However, a couple of years back, while on holiday in Majorca, we went to a restaurant for an evening meal. From memory, the bill was about £50.00. When I cam to pay, the waiter took my card and swiped it behind the counter.
When I finished my holiday, I checked my statement and found that they had somehow added another nought to the amount and debited my account by about £500.00.
Moral of the story. Do not let the card out of your sight!
However, a couple of years back, while on holiday in Majorca, we went to a restaurant for an evening meal. From memory, the bill was about £50.00. When I cam to pay, the waiter took my card and swiped it behind the counter.
When I finished my holiday, I checked my statement and found that they had somehow added another nought to the amount and debited my account by about £500.00.
Moral of the story. Do not let the card out of your sight!
These credit card clonings seem to be a hype around all Europe. Seems to be very easy to clone one and few off these former Russian states are rather good at that (without meantioning nationalities). But when it becomes truly scary is when someone steals your identity and starts using it for getting eg. loans from the bank. Great world eh?
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