Credit card scam

At http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/12/point-of-sale-skimmers-no-charge-yet/

...there is an article about wireless credit card machines that collect your credit card data.

Quote :

If you hand your credit or debit card to a merchant who is using a wireless point-of-sale (POS) device, you may want to later verify that the charge actually went through. A top vendor of POS skimmers ships devices that will print out “transaction approved” receipts, even though the machine is offline and is merely recording the customer’s card data and PIN for future fraudulent use.

Eric wrote:

At http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/12/point-of-sale-skimmers-no-charge-yet/

...there is an article about wireless credit card machines that collect your credit card data.

Quote :

If you hand your credit or debit card to a merchant who is using a wireless point-of-sale (POS) device, you may want to later verify that the charge actually went through. A top vendor of POS skimmers ships devices that will print out “transaction approved” receipts, even though the machine is offline and is merely recording the customer’s card data and PIN for future fraudulent use.

Wow, Eric. Thanks for the heads-up!

PBulldog2 wrote:

Eric wrote:

At http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/12/point-of-sale-skimmers-no-charge-yet/

...there is an article about wireless credit card machines that collect your credit card data.

Quote :

If you hand your credit or debit card to a merchant who is using a wireless point-of-sale (POS) device, you may want to later verify that the charge actually went through. A top vendor of POS skimmers ships devices that will print out “transaction approved” receipts, even though the machine is offline and is merely recording the customer’s card data and PIN for future fraudulent use.

Wow, Eric. Thanks for the heads-up!

You're welcome, PB.

Things are kinda hectic and I haven't been able to post much in the last week or so. I trust things will die down after Christmas.