Credit Card Fraud Increases In California
September 13, 2008 · Print This Article
Law enforcement officers say there’s a rise in high-tech crime this year throughout southern California. Criminals are using illegal electronic devices to steal credit and debit card users’ personal information. Armed with this illegal information, the crooks are able to extract money from credit and debit card customers’ accounts.
Jim Graham, working for the police department of Thousand Oaks, CA, stated earlier today that “there’s been a big jump in this [type of crime] from Bakersfield all the way down the coast of Southern California.”
It has been difficult for police departments to give precise numbers, as usually the victims tell their banks about these crimes, rather than the police.
Recent innovations in criminal technology have made this spate of crimes possible. These days, one of the easiest ways to break into someone’s credit or debit card account is through the use of a tool known as a “skimmer.” This machine can be attached to magnetic card reader, such as those found on ATMs. Once attached, the skimmer will gather the information stored in the magnetic strips of ATM users’ debit and credit cards, as the users pass these cards through the reader on the ATM.
Eventually, criminals collect the skimmers and use the data that the devices have gathered to produce their own duplicate credit and debit cards. After having collected the users’ PIN numbers (perhaps through a hidden camera installed in the vicinity of the ATM), the criminals have enough information to commit credit and debit card fraud.
The innovation? Skimmers used to be much bigger. Recently, criminals have figured out how to make these machines small and easily concealable. They can be attached to unguarded ATMs without being detected for weeks, by which point it is too late.
According to recent statements from Southern California law enforcement, these types of crimes are very difficult to solve. The surveillance cameras mounted above many ATMs rarely provide clear images of the suspects. “We’re solving maybe 5 out of 100 [of these crimes,” reported Det. Rick Kline of the Oxnard, CA police department.
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death by nasal injection
RT Signed. (delusional credit card fraud lmao)
My tip of the day: You cut up a credit card…throw a half in one trash and a half in another. Fraud protection.
Rick Mercer should advocate a interest rate cap (say a max of 10%)
Done google adwords for a few unknown banks, attracted more than 5000 clients per month. So getting 10,000 clients over a year is easy
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A long time in jail.
they dont play with this kinda stuff,
especially adults.
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hahah…..” can i spin it……no.
I'm guessing they were friends of yours.Tell me this much.Are they sorry enough to pay the bill? Do you actually think they will care if you are in debt? If this were to cause you to be thrown out on the street because you could not pay your other bills,would they put a roof over your head.They only looked at you as a pay day and not as a friend.They will tell you anything you want to hear if it means it will save their a$$.Don't screw this one up.Theft is one of the hardest crimes to convict someone of.If you drop the charges not only are you wasting 7 weeks of the cops time,you are also sending a message to anyone out there that if they steal from you they can charm their way out of it.I can also guarantee you that if you ever stole from them they would not drop any charges at all.I've been dealing with thieves since I was seven years old.They steal anything from anybody and act like its so &%#( up when somebody has them arrested.But if anything gets stolen from them they are on the phone with the cops in a heart beat.
o.O che figaataaaaaa
your credit card information is everywhere, it just takes a motivated person to find it.
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It does not matter if it was $6 or as you say "only $600", fraud is fraud.
If you report it to Chase, companies are pretty quick about investigating it. If it was an ATM, it is a matter of a phone call to the bank where the ATM is located. Because everything is digital and stored on computers, they will probably have the picture in about a day.
If they do find out it was your sister you have two choices. To tell them that your sister did not have authorization. At that time they will probably not make you pay for the charges, but they will prosecute your sister. If you do not want to do that then you will have to pay for the charges.
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chopping the hands of credit card theives and cloners is quite effective, but still not legal.
there is an effective method, id cards that have to be scanned at same time, showing your photo so not swapping. works well in Scandonavia, but the civil liberty bunch over here wont allow it. Their driving licence doubles as ID.
RT You know what I like? Credit card fraud. That's when my debit card gets dressed up like a platinum card and acts like a total slutbag.