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Motorists hit by card clone scam
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6578595.stm
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believed cards are being skimmed at petrol stations, whereby the card details and pin numbers are retrieved and money withdrawn from the account.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. In Hull, the economic crime section of Humberside Police are checking thousands of receipts for fuel bought with credit or debit cards at one petrol station. Detective Inspector Paul Welton, of Humberside Police, said "Quite clearly this was well-organised and it was done on an international basis." Those alleged to have been involved were able to obtain card details and pin numbers and put them together to clone the cards, police said. The site in Hull is now under new management, and the new owners are not linked to the police inquiry. Sean Gillespie, one of thousands of possible victims, noticed his bank account was being emptied of small amounts over weeks, amounting to thousands of pounds. "I knew how much had been taken but how it was taken was an absolute mystery to me," he told BBC News. 'Arms funding' Most of the UK's petrol stations are independently run which means they are susceptible to being infiltrated by organised crime. And the Sri Lankan Government believes it is the Tamil Tigers who are using threats to coerce innocent Sri Lankans to take part in the scam. They say Tamil asylum seekers arriving in the UK are loaned money to open a petrol station, and once established they supply information to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Maxwell Keegel, first secretary of the Sri Lankan High Commission in London, said: "They extract the pin and details from the cards and within minutes this information is sent to LTTE agents who operate in remote parts of the world, as far away as Thailand and Indonesia. "And the money goes unwittingly from people's accounts and ends up going into the LTTE's arms activities." The petrol industry accepts it is a problem. Some retailers have already replaced all their chip and pin machines, while some consumers are only using cash to buy petrol. Nick Vandervell, of the UK Petroleum Industry Association, said "We are working with the independent retailers but it is difficult to tell them what to do." |
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Motorists hit by card clone scam
Incredible the number of people who think they just must post news articles
they haven't written themselves !!! Not a comment, which would be OT anyway, not a mind for themselves, crosspost is preferable, and let us compete between evleth (the mother of all spammers), martin, michaelnewport aka crapman, morrow and a few others. What drives these people to act like that? Old age ? Sense of uselessness ? No one to tell them they are brave and beautiful ? "Tom Bradbury" a écrit dans le message de news: ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6578595.stm 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. In Hull, the economic crime section of Humberside Police are checking thousands of receipts for fuel bought with credit or debit cards at one petrol station. Detective Inspector Paul Welton, of Humberside Police, said "Quite clearly this was well-organised and it was done on an international basis." Those alleged to have been involved were able to obtain card details and pin numbers and put them together to clone the cards, police said. The site in Hull is now under new management, and the new owners are not linked to the police inquiry. Sean Gillespie, one of thousands of possible victims, noticed his bank account was being emptied of small amounts over weeks, amounting to thousands of pounds. "I knew how much had been taken but how it was taken was an absolute mystery to me," he told BBC News. 'Arms funding' Most of the UK's petrol stations are independently run which means they are susceptible to being infiltrated by organised crime. And the Sri Lankan Government believes it is the Tamil Tigers who are using threats to coerce innocent Sri Lankans to take part in the scam. They say Tamil asylum seekers arriving in the UK are loaned money to open a petrol station, and once established they supply information to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Maxwell Keegel, first secretary of the Sri Lankan High Commission in London, said: "They extract the pin and details from the cards and within minutes this information is sent to LTTE agents who operate in remote parts of the world, as far away as Thailand and Indonesia. "And the money goes unwittingly from people's accounts and ends up going into the LTTE's arms activities." The petrol industry accepts it is a problem. Some retailers have already replaced all their chip and pin machines, while some consumers are only using cash to buy petrol. Nick Vandervell, of the UK Petroleum Industry Association, said "We are working with the independent retailers but it is difficult to tell them what to do." |
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Motorists hit by card clone scam
"Runge1" wrote in message ... Incredible the number of people who think they just must post news articles they haven't written themselves !!! Not a comment, which would be OT anyway, not a mind for themselves, crosspost is preferable, and let us compete between evleth (the mother of all spammers), martin, michaelnewport aka crapman, morrow and a few others. What drives these people to act like that? Old age ? Sense of uselessness ? No one to tell them they are brave and beautiful ? "Tom Bradbury" a écrit dans le message de news: ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6578595.stm 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. I agree with you, the link would say it all. Having said that top posting is not viewed as polite on newsgroups, so as in life, no one is perfect ;-) |
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"Tom Bradbury" writes:
Maxwell Keegel, first secretary of the Sri Lankan High Commission in London, said: "They extract the pin and details from the cards and within minutes this information is sent to LTTE agents who operate in remote parts of the world, as far away as Thailand and Indonesia. "And the money goes unwittingly from people's accounts and ends up going into the LTTE's arms activities." Surely it must raise (hopefully very loud) alarm bells if a card is used in quick succession in two widely separated locations. As it is claimed that the PIN is captured, this implies that the fraud involves cardholder present transaction (or withdraw from ATMs) using a cloned magnetic stripe card. As the same card cannot legitimately be in two places at once or be moved too rapidly from one place to another, should this type of fraud not be easier to detect than CNP frauds? |
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"Graham Murray" wrote in message ... "Tom Bradbury" writes: Maxwell Keegel, first secretary of the Sri Lankan High Commission in London, said: "They extract the pin and details from the cards and within minutes this information is sent to LTTE agents who operate in remote parts of the world, as far away as Thailand and Indonesia. "And the money goes unwittingly from people's accounts and ends up going into the LTTE's arms activities." Surely it must raise (hopefully very loud) alarm bells if a card is used in quick succession in two widely separated locations. As it is claimed that the PIN is captured, this implies that the fraud involves cardholder present transaction (or withdraw from ATMs) using a cloned magnetic stripe card. As the same card cannot legitimately be in two places at once or be moved too rapidly from one place to another, should this type of fraud not be easier to detect than CNP frauds? It would make life difficult if, for example, you filled your car up in Leeds, jumped on a couple of planes and then used your card to get some cash in Bombay twelve hours later... And yes, it is possible, just... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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On Apr 21, 2:20 pm, "Gio" wrote:
"Runge1" wrote in message ... Incredible the number of people who think they just must post news articles they haven't written themselves !!! Not a comment, which would be OT anyway, not a mind for themselves, crosspost is preferable, and let us compete between evleth (the mother of all spammers), martin, michaelnewport aka crapman, morrow and a few others. What drives these people to act like that? Old age ? Sense of uselessness ? No one to tell them they are brave and beautiful ? "Tom Bradbury" a écrit dans le message de news: ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6578595.stm 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. I agree with you, the link would say it all. Having said that top posting is not viewed as polite on newsgroups, so as in life, no one is perfect ;-) The link is there to prove the validity of the article I prefer to have both, then I can read it without opening another window. But I never reply to scRunge because he is worthless. |
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"Graham Murray" wrote in message ... "Tom Bradbury" writes: Maxwell Keegel, first secretary of the Sri Lankan High Commission in London, said: "They extract the pin and details from the cards and within minutes this information is sent to LTTE agents who operate in remote parts of the world, as far away as Thailand and Indonesia. "And the money goes unwittingly from people's accounts and ends up going into the LTTE's arms activities." Surely it must raise (hopefully very loud) alarm bells if a card is used in quick succession in two widely separated locations. As it is claimed that the PIN is captured, this implies that the fraud involves cardholder present transaction (or withdraw from ATMs) using a cloned magnetic stripe card. As the same card cannot legitimately be in two places at once or be moved too rapidly from one place to another, should this type of fraud not be easier to detect than CNP frauds? I have had credit card transactions questioned by my 'Goldfish' credit card company before now because I have used it to fill up on route from and to Scotland to the south of England, so for whatever reason either my account was being watched or the locations where purchases were made. It was not as though a tank fill up was a large amount. |
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"William Black" wrote in message ... "Graham Murray" wrote in message ... "Tom Bradbury" writes: Maxwell Keegel, first secretary of the Sri Lankan High Commission in London, said: "They extract the pin and details from the cards and within minutes this information is sent to LTTE agents who operate in remote parts of the world, as far away as Thailand and Indonesia. "And the money goes unwittingly from people's accounts and ends up going into the LTTE's arms activities." Surely it must raise (hopefully very loud) alarm bells if a card is used in quick succession in two widely separated locations. As it is claimed that the PIN is captured, this implies that the fraud involves cardholder present transaction (or withdraw from ATMs) using a cloned magnetic stripe card. As the same card cannot legitimately be in two places at once or be moved too rapidly from one place to another, should this type of fraud not be easier to detect than CNP frauds? It would make life difficult if, for example, you filled your car up in Leeds, jumped on a couple of planes and then used your card to get some cash in Bombay twelve hours later... And yes, it is possible, just... My friend had a transaction on his bounced for being in a second country less than an hour later! But I do think that it should be possible to pick up odd transactions in Asia, very few people go back and forth that far every 2 days tim |
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Motorists hit by card clone scam
Runge1 wrote:
Incredible the number of people who think they just must post news articles they haven't written themselves !!! Not a comment, which would be OT anyway, not a mind for themselves, crosspost is preferable, and let us compete between evleth (the mother of all spammers), martin, michaelnewport aka crapman, morrow and a few others. What drives these people to act like that? Old age ? Sense of uselessness ? No one to tell them they are brave and beautiful ? And who rocked your boat you miserable old fart ? :-) |
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Motorists hit by card clone scam
The Siri Lankans are running petrol stations in Europe?
Tom Bradbury wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6578595.stm 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. In Hull, the economic crime section of Humberside Police are checking thousands of receipts for fuel bought with credit or debit cards at one petrol station. Detective Inspector Paul Welton, of Humberside Police, said "Quite clearly this was well-organised and it was done on an international basis." Those alleged to have been involved were able to obtain card details and pin numbers and put them together to clone the cards, police said. The site in Hull is now under new management, and the new owners are not linked to the police inquiry. Sean Gillespie, one of thousands of possible victims, noticed his bank account was being emptied of small amounts over weeks, amounting to thousands of pounds. "I knew how much had been taken but how it was taken was an absolute mystery to me," he told BBC News. 'Arms funding' Most of the UK's petrol stations are independently run which means they are susceptible to being infiltrated by organised crime. And the Sri Lankan Government believes it is the Tamil Tigers who are using threats to coerce innocent Sri Lankans to take part in the scam. They say Tamil asylum seekers arriving in the UK are loaned money to open a petrol station, and once established they supply information to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Maxwell Keegel, first secretary of the Sri Lankan High Commission in London, said: "They extract the pin and details from the cards and within minutes this information is sent to LTTE agents who operate in remote parts of the world, as far away as Thailand and Indonesia. "And the money goes unwittingly from people's accounts and ends up going into the LTTE's arms activities." The petrol industry accepts it is a problem. Some retailers have already replaced all their chip and pin machines, while some consumers are only using cash to buy petrol. Nick Vandervell, of the UK Petroleum Industry Association, said "We are working with the independent retailers but it is difficult to tell them what to do." |
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