Re: AL: Customer debit card numbers stolen from one or more local businesses

[Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>]

Arrest Made:
http://www.cullmantimes.com/local/x1834674473/Arrest-made-in-debit-scam

Arrest made in debit scam
By Benjamin Bullard The Cullman Times

HANCEVILLE At least one person has been arrested in California after 
being caught spending money against a local woman’s checking account in 
connection with what police describe as an organized wire fraud. The 
crime has compromised dozens of customer accounts by exploiting the 
electronic debit card network at one Hanceville business.

The arrest was made Thursday, after a store clerk in Colma, a small town 
in the San Franciso Bay area, became suspicious and notified authorities 
when the alleged thief tried to use a fraudulent card despite its 
repeatedly being declined at the point of sale. Police did not reveal 
the name of the man in custody.

[...]


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Dataloss-discuss] AL: Customer debit card numbers stolen from 
one    or more local businesses
From: kirniki <kirniki () gmail com>
To: dataloss () datalossdb org, dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org
Date: 2/17/2010 8:14 PM
> http://www.cullmantimes.com/local/x1230898789/Customer-debit-card-numbers-stolen-from-one-or-more-local-businesses
>
> CULLMAN — Hanceville police are cautioning residents to be on guard
> against a sophisticated debit card wire scam that has leached hundreds
> of thousands of dollars from customers whose card numbers have been
> stolen remotely from pay terminals at one or more local businesses.
>    


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