Thursday, September 11, 2008

Card Cloning Quickly Becoming a Global Affair

Skimming and counterfeiting credit and debit cards is quickly becoming a global affair as these news stories attest: Remember the slogan "Don't Leave Home Without It"? I

t's safe to say those days are over as the time is ripe for shopping "at home" using your very own personal magnetic card reader with PIN entry capability. No home should be without one. See: Reverse Matriculation, Bringing the POS Device Home


Take a look at the video I embedded into this post showing "how easy" it is for your credit card information to be swiped, downloaded onto a laptop and transferred over to a blank card. It's amazingly easy The video can be found on the bottom of this post..


42% of Dubai Bank customers hit by ATM fraud
ArabianBusiness.com, United Arab Emirates - 2 hours ago

Leading banks play down fallout of card fraud
GulfNews
PIN fraud sparks bank alert
The National
Banks Call on Customers to Change ATM Card PIN to Protect Accounts
Khaleej Times
all 36 news articles »

Credit card scam
Taranaki Daily News, New Zealand
Credit card scammers hit Kiwis visiting UK Newstalk ZB
all 22 news articles »

Hialeah pair arrested after traffic stop turns up illegal credit cards
Naples Daily News, FL - 1 hour ago
Ramon Rodriguez, 20, and Yanet Leyva, 21, were each charged with possession of counterfeit credit cards and illegal use of credit cards. ...

Petrol station fraudsters in credit card scam
Chester Evening Leader, UK - 20 hours ago

The village of the cloned
BBC News, UK - 22 hours ago






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