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PostSubject: Watch out there's a thief about   Fri May 30, 2008 7:07 pm
After spending all week painting and decorating the house I was ready to put my feet up. It's Friday and it's payday and I should be happy but when I checked my debit account I found that somebody has been dipping into it and spent £80 of my money Mad It started with a small amount the other day for which I raised a dispute with my bank. Now I've had to have the card that was being used stopped. Luckily it's a joint account and I can still use my wife's card until I receive a new one. Strangely enough this problem is in addition to the fact that my ISP has charged me twice in the same month for my broadband connection Sad
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PostSubject: Re: Watch out there's a thief about   Sat May 31, 2008 1:37 am
So sad, Andy. I hope things improve for you. Smile
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PostSubject: Re: Watch out there's a thief about   Sat May 31, 2008 9:41 am
My luck yesterday wasn't all bad. I went to the garage to put out some recycling rubbish and because it was wet I lost my footing. I fell flat on my face, my arms broke my fall and my chin hit the ground. At the same time I heard a crack Shocked I had fallen on top of the recycling bucket and broke it Smile As for my chin, it was just a tap and I hardly felt it. My trousers were soaking wet but apart from that there was nothing else wrong with me Smile
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PostSubject: Re: Watch out there's a thief about   Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:37 pm
Just to say that the bank has now refunded the money that was stolen from me Very Happy Just wish I new if they managed to find the scumbag that stole it in the first place, but I'll probably never find out Mad
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PostSubject: Re: Watch out there's a thief about   Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:03 pm
Have you ever used that debit card to purchase from Cotton Traders website? I recently had a queried transaction on a now defunct card and after checking, found that I had used it with Cotton Traders back in 2006.
Full story at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7446871.stm

Otherwise, have you used it at Bruntsfield BP station or Shell garage in Edinburgh which both had card skimmers recently.

Hope your luck improves now, Andy!
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PostSubject: Re: Watch out there's a thief about   Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:20 pm
No, I've never used Cotton Traders and I don't think the card had been skimmed as nobody tried to use a duplicate card to withdraw money or buy goods. All the transactions were for 'card not present. I suspect that someone in a shop has noted down the card details and used them to set up accounts with online companies.
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