Two questions?? Amazon and what happened to post

[Steppenwolfe]

There's NOTHING personal about personal identity. For $1.99 you can find out just about anything about anybody, i.e. name, address, phone numbers, email address, salary, how much they owe, value of their properties, names of all kinfolks and neighbors, criminal record(s).

That's not of consequence to most of us though - after all, why would we particularly care? I'm pretty easy to find - heck, I'm in the phone book. Searching out that kind of information is reserved for the very nosy or those that have nothing else to do. Just don't start jacking around my bank accounts though! You'll 'find me' a lot quicker than you could imagine.

HAH! 2 months ago while I was in Colorado, wifey calls me and say's there are two $900 plus charges on our debit cards from a Dollar General store 100 miles from where we live, and wants to know what I bought on my way out there. Well, I have never been in a Dollar General, and after a few phone calls we realize someone stole our card info. Fortunately, the bank returned the money right away, and stuck Dollar General with the charge. Turns out our card info was probably stolen at a convenience store when I bought gas. No one is safe these days...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Had cc info taken at gas station in nova last yr. They caught the fraud before i did and emailed me.
Lot of skimmers now use bluetooth. At strange stations i use phone to scan pump first.

 

[shaeff]

Had cc info taken at gas station in nova last yr. They caught the fraud before i did and emailed me. Lot of skimmers now use bluetooth. At strange stations i use phone to scan pump first.

Use phone to scan pump first? Is there a skimmer detector app that I'm unaware of? (If so, very cool and please share!)

I always look, but mostly use a little keychain jobber which bills my card, so I'm not sure if they can get my # that way or not.

 

[bunyip]

Paid for a meal in a chinese restaurant and caught the waiter taking a photo of my card with his phone, took his phone and called police, he was charged and had several cards according to police.
I keep my cards in a shielded wallet so scammers can't read my card through my pocket, they are getting more devious.
I did have a $99.95 debt on a card to an IT company I hadn't heard of, bank did a quick reversal on that, funny that a lot of transactions don't need approval under $100.00.

 

[Peter 315]

Cash is King:thumbsup:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Use phone to scan pump first? Is there a skimmer detector app that I'm unaware of? (If so, very cool and please share!)

I always look, but mostly use a little keychain jobber which bills my card, so I'm not sure if they can get my # that way or not.

There are apps. I just do a bluetooth scan.
New skimmers are installed inside the pump, you wont see it. That is why pumps now have security tape, although ive seen tape that doesnt stick.

 

[sseelhoff]

Cash is King:thumbsup:

I thought Elvis was king?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Elvis used cash apparently. No wonder his christmas was blue.

 

[Peter 315]

Elvis used cash apparently. No wonder his christmas was blue.

That's a nice horse your on

 

[MossRoad]

Cash is bait...