On 23/7/08 18:14, in article ,
"Robert (Plymouth)" wrote:



"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 23/7/08 17:18, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:12:35 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

I've just had mine refused for an online payment so checked with my
bank's
security people. It was used to try to 1 penny

to what???

Pay - sorry!

through a particular outlet
as a test so has now been stopped altogether.

Must be a simpleton. Any normal thief would have checked it with a large
transaction.

You'd think so but the bank people didn't seem to think it very unusual.

At least I know the system
works but I wonder if they ever track down who was doing it!

Was your card skimmed in the presence of HRH PoW? )

Ha de ha!

A bit odd that the bank didn't contact you when they blocked your card.

They never do and it's infuriating. The first I know is when it gets
refused and that's very embarrassing!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

I had the same on the two credit cards I used at the time. Apparently the
twisters try a 1p purchase on itunes for example, to see if it is valid.
Mine were changed before anything else. I suspect a garage as they are well
publicised as bad risks, so I always pay cash for diesel now

Aha! I did use my card at a garage yesterday and it's one I've never been
to before, too.
I'll point my bank in that direction just to check it out. I've just
remembered that I have been stung once before but it was about 15 years
ago. I had bought something in Florence in the days when you still signed
for things and they kept a carbon. A year later £5k was taken out of my
bank account while I was sailing through the Med. and had been unable to
move money out of my current account. I only discovered the theft when we
got to Cyprus two months later and I opened my bank statement. Luckily, I
was able to prove that on the date the fraud took place, I was on a boat, in
a bay on Sardinia with 8 other people so the bank returned it straight into
my account. It was 'merchant fraud' in a very posh leather goods shop in
Florence.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon