Hello Sam,
On Friday 29 April 2005 5:32 pm, you wrote:
> FWIW
> My daughter got a call from Discover Card asking if she had charged
> $3300 at BEST BUY. Of course she had not as we do not have a BEST
> BUY here. They explained the transaction showed the card had been
> swiped. As both she and her husband had their cards in hand, it
> seems impossible that that could happen.
> Discover explained that someone at someplace she had used the card
> could have copied the magnetic strip and made a new card,
> They cancelled her cards and are expressing new cards to her.
> They said this is not an isolated case and it is not her fault at
> all. Has anyone had this happen?
> I know you can buy a machine to make credit cards for $25,000.
> But how do you copy the magnetic strip?
> Connect a computer to your phone line that can pick up the message
> from your swiping machine?
> Puzzled,
> Sam
Sorry to learn that your Daughter has been caught out by someone who
cloned her credit card.
A card reader/writer can be obtained for less that $100. All it takes
is the time involved, to swipe the card, and the same again to
produce a clone !!
Blank cards can be obtained for about 20 - 25 cents each, in packs of
100. Much less if you get 1000's.
Best bit is you can get a card copier for about $1k. No computer
needed !!
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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