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Bank account data swiped in gas-station scam
From: "Dissent" <Dissent () pogowasright org>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:41:42 -0500 (EST)
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1350521.php Hundreds of people had their bank account information compromised when they paid at outside pay pumps at three gas stations in Orange County and one in Torrance, police reported Thursday. Police suspect that thieves used a device to record account numbers and pin codes onto memory chips from pay-point islands at an ARCO station in Westminster, one in Torrance and at least one in Costa Mesa, said Detective Sgt. Jim Kingsmill with the Westminster Police Department's property-crimes unit. [...] At least 16 people have told Costa Mesa police they were recent victims of identity theft on this particular case, Costa Mesa police Sgt. Marty Carver said. In Westminster, police said, at least 12 people have reported being victims of identity theft after using a pay-point island at a gas station. [...] ------------ Note: This is not the first time ARCO has had such breaches with resulting identity theft reports. In researching this item, I found these reports of a similar and earlier incident that also resulted in identity theft: http://www.ktvu.com/news/6626706/detail.html http://cbs5.com/grammy/local_story_032192737.html /Dissent _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 141 million compromised records in 469 incidents over 6 years.
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