Indian link emerges in credit card scam in UK

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Posted online: Sunday , March 02, 2008 at 10:50:05
Updated: Sunday , March 02, 2008 at 11:10:22

London, March 2: An international credit card cloning scam has been unearthed in UK in which thousands of pounds in the bank accounts of British people were allegedly siphoned off from foreign locations including India.

Hundreds of car owners in Lincolnshire in the east Midlands became victims of the scam last week after they filled fuel from a petrol station in the county.

This is the latest in a series of credit card scams across Britain in which card details are recorded by hidden cameras while making payment for fuel at petrol stations and then sent across to foreign locations where they are used to withdraw money.

Several British people have reported instances of money being withdrawn from their accounts in India, Philippines, Australia and Canada.

In Britain, most banks have introduced a "chip and pin" system for transactions in shops using credit and debit cards.

This means that for every purchase, apart from the card, the customer also needs to punch in an exclusive pin number.

Signing for purchases using cards has been virtually phased out to prevent card frauds.

In the petrol station in Lincolnshire, the police found a hole drilled in the ceiling above the chip and pin machine.

It is believed that a camera placed there filmed customers keying in their numbers.

The fraudsters then produced replica credit cards that they sent to associates around the world.

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Decades! by Niku on 03 Mar 2008

Same techniques used, but in modern ways. This has been happening over three decades yet people don't learn that money is to be kept with you, not in plastic cards! lol.

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Be Partiotic by Ganapathy Subramanian on 03 Mar 2008

I dont know why all the people have come to a conclusion that this was masterminded by an Indian. Are you people are of the opinion that only Indians would involve in such type of fraudulant activities or you are all proud of such things? It is reported that India is one among the other coutries such as Australia, Philipines and even Canada. It could be an Indian, but not necessarily be an Indian

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Not the full story by Kaushik on 03 Mar 2008

I don't understand - how can duplicate cards work based on only the information filmed? Duplicate cards would need the encrypted card information on the magnetic strip. How can THAT be duplicated by filming?

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Card Fraud by RaKa on 03 Mar 2008

Well, online purchases do not require you to swipe your card, right. You just need the Name, Number and Pin, and have Amazon.com heaping stuff at your feet!

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Confused by Ganapathy on 03 Mar 2008

You may be right, but the incidence quoted was money was withdrawn from different countries. I too can not understand.

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