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re: Gas skimmers with 4,000 credit card numbers found in 9 parishes

Posted on 3/28/17 at 5:08 pm to
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
71040 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 5:08 pm to
option B is a great idea, as a steam gun and a hair dryer could in practice defeat option A.

You install a simple simple switch, which when the door opens it causes the data link to reset. You then have to reset the pump from inside. The pump would work in manual mode, but all card transactions would be offline until the pump was checked and turned back on.

Hmmm. Thejudge, that is a great idea.

Posted by Isabelle81
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Member since Sep 2015
2718 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 5:17 pm to
My daughter has been skimmed twice.
Posted by musick
the internet
Member since Dec 2008
26131 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 5:20 pm to
How bout telling us at least what cities or gas stations these were at.

Oh hey, we have found out 9,000 CC numbers were stolen, here is the parish list, good luck guessing where we found them though. No need to worry
Posted by oreeg
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
5360 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 5:33 pm to
BR > Nola
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
30463 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 5:53 pm to
quote:

I pay for my gas inside while I'm buying a polar pop, chips, jerky, skoal and scratch offs.

Posted by Sparkplug#1
Member since May 2013
7352 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 6:02 pm to
quote:

I hope they don't bring a knife to a gun fight


Why? If I was a badass, I'd love for someone to bring a knife to a gunfight.
Posted by thejudge
Westlake, LA
Member since Sep 2009
14760 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 6:10 pm to
quote:

Hmmm. Thejudge, that is a great idea.



Wonder if I could sell the idea. Have em pay my LLC
Posted by ldts
Member since Aug 2015
2794 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 6:20 pm to
One of them got my card last fall when I was traveling. They tried buying $1,000 in clothes online. Luckily my bank caught it.
Posted by tigersbh
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
12087 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 6:31 pm to
Pay inside at gas stations. I know it's not as convenient but your card will be much safer.

Also, if I see someone loitering outside the gas station I stop at, I move on. I'm tired of being asked for money everywhere I go.
Posted by SpartanSoul
Member since Aug 2016
1724 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 7:07 pm to
This is exactly why I love Samsung Pay. It works at gas pumps as long as you use a card like an insurance card to activate the card reader by inserting and withdrawing it with your phone ready. I use it or Android Pay practically everywhere.
Posted by SlapahoeTribe
Tiger Nation
Member since Jul 2012
12377 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 7:29 pm to
quote:

had a baw get his CC skimmed and the losers tried to spend $300 at a TGIFridays
Happend to me on two different cards.

On one card they took a $92 Uber ride and spent over $400 at Walmart (fraud alert caught that one).

On another card they spent $200 at a children's clothing store and made a few dozen google purchases for a couple of dollars each (that's what set the fraud alert off on that one). Even after it was denied and I canceled the card they tried to sign up for that speed pass account thing that Atlanta has on their interstates.
Posted by SamuelClemens
Earth
Member since Feb 2015
11727 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 7:32 pm to
Clark Howard had an episode end of last week saying not to use debit cards at gas stations. Get cash from your bank's ATM
Posted by SamuelClemens
Earth
Member since Feb 2015
11727 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 7:45 pm to
Lower level LEO may not be equipped to find these thieves, however the state police and LBI have the resources and technology. These type of crimes have no reason to go unsolved.
Posted by CroakaBait
Gulf Coast of the Land Mass
Member since Nov 2013
4046 posts
Posted on 3/28/17 at 7:45 pm to
This may be a dumb question, but is a gas station liable to you for not regularly checking their card systems on pumps, you know, to make sure one hasn't been installed on the inside?
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