New Credit Card Scam Warning!

Go back to the store and ask for a can of whoopass and open that shit right up.

I had mail taken out of my mailbox one day last year. I had a check in the mail, to a credit card company, for the postman to pick up. The way I noticed my mail was gone was because the flag on my mailbox was down, my mail was gone, and I found out later that the postman had not arrived yet.

I went to the police. They couldn't do anything about it but told me to notify my bank.

I visited the bank manager the next day. My question was: 1. What stops a person from copying the info on my checks, put their name and address on it using my routing number, or...
2. Can they phone in purchases using my bank info numbers and have those purchases mailed to their home.

She said "Nothing can stop them. It can be done easily!" Sooo...when you mail a check to a business, anyone who sees that check can scam you!

Six months later, my neighbor told me that somebody took their mail out of their mailbox also and did just that! We compared dates, and it probably was the same day my mail was taken! Whoever took their checks used their (neighbor's) routing number and bank info. The thief had checks printed with their (thief's) name and address on it. The thief wrote checks for thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, and it showed up on my neighbor's bank statement! Their bank reimbursed them for their loss.

You're wrong!

One of our card numbers got ripped once and some fucking sandnagger in the west bank ordered a expensive leather jacket from santa cruz ca.

You're a Canuck? lolol

He's just an AC, and mom's out tonight.

No hot pockets delivered to the basement this evening.

I agree. They're all idiots. They have to put others down so they can feel better for their insecure selves.

New credit card scam my ass!! This is the oldest trick there is. I thought it would be something about the rfid chip but nope its the old copy the numbers down scam. Op is new to scams not the scam itself

GLP can be harsh place, OP. Please call the police and have this guy arrested, it's not too late. I have had to do it. If for no other reason, so he can't do it to others.

Nice thing about credit cards you won't have to pay any of the charges. Kohl's was the only credit card that refused to refund my money. Long story but I paid the card because I got a late notice (I never pay late) so I quickly called in the payment (I always pay in full). Fuck Kohl's...moral of the story.

Mate.

YOU'RE a DUMBASS! You're a jerk...a punk....

Do us all a favor and get lost.

You can still do what is called an off-line transaction when a credit card system cannot connect to the merchants acquirer for an online authorization. You obtain a voice auth and then run it offline which sounds like what this merchant did. Merchants pay out the rear in downgrade fees plus the adsitional cost to call for a voice auth. Your credit card issuer will handle this, I am sure you already called, you will not be liable for any of the fraud charges. It may or may not have been compromised by this merchant. There are Payment Card Industry rules that merchants have to validate in order to process payments, but if this merchant stored your card data and some hacker managed to break in and steal it, thats how compromise happens or as in the restaurant biz they xopy numbers and CVV info down and use it onlins. It is all moving to token payments soon only your isssuer will know your number, that and biometrics for validatuin insted of PIN or Signatures

You must not get out much. I do not know of any restaurants who don't take your card to their main swipe machine or whatever it's called.

Why? I learned something. Giving 5 stars.

np...glad you were able to get the bank to deny the charges.

There are new systems out there that work on Wifi or wireless phone networks that can be taken right to the table for payment. Most merchants have spent big bucks upgrading for chip technology and some restaurant merchants, more likely larger national chains upgraded to these types of products. Most business owners don't want the fines, penalties and brand damage that come with fraud or databreach. If a databreach not only does the merchant have to payback the cardholders they and their merchant acquirer are hit with hefty fines on top

Anyone read this ? Hello ?

A friend of mine just had two bogus charges on his checking card days apart at a Home Depot in another state nearby. After the second one they canceled his card and now has a new account number and card on the way... which he uses to pay bills at the end of the month, big mess. Didn't have any machine down scam or anything else, someone just stole his info, not that hard to do... so the guy at the pool store may very well not be the culprit. Would have to be a complete idiot to try and get away with that, like using a stolen ATM card at a gas station stupid...

You have to at drive thru's.

Yes! Hoping all you religitards get victimized.

1 star for being a fucking PUSSY and not taking action against the cashier. All you did was call the bank to protect yourself and then run away like a little bitch so the cashier could scam and con others.

You gutless fucking turd.

you hurt your credit rating doing that.

Should have called the cops too.
IF your story is true at all.

wow nice purchase

Good on you.

So sorry you couldn't be perfect like all the shitbags hating on you. I'm sure their lives are nothing but win. /sarcasm