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Default Credit Card Skimming in Local Restaurant

On Dec 6, 10:20�am, zxcvbob > wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
> > "cybercat" > wrote

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> >> "Nancy Young" > wrote

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> >>> "Goomba38" > wrote

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> >>>> That is for debit cards, not charge cards. When I use my AMEX
> >>>> at restaurants I'm never asked for a PIN.
> >>> My American Express information was stolen and used by someone in
> >>> a local store where no one took my card out of my sight. �I don't
> >>> know about this swiping business, all they need to know is
> >>> printed right there on the card. �I was lucky I just happened to
> >>> notice the charges piling up on my card while it was still only
> >>> $1700.

>
> >> I wonder how they did it?

>
> > Got me. �They were busted for using other people's card info, too.
> > They not being the store, they being some employee.

>
> > nancy

>
> How about just a peculiar knack for memorizing numbers? �I know that's
> low-tech, but it works.
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Right , I know my AMEX number and , very handy.
Rosie