New phishing tool - scotch tape?

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Apparently German credit card transactions have hit a glitch over one of the 
(seemingly many) Y2K+10 bugs.

However, what I found most interesting was that the new chip cards seem to have 
a fail safe mode.  If they can't read the chip, they happily drop back to swipe card 
mode.  According to 
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/0,1518,670433,00.html  
(sorry, I couldn't find an English translation), retailers are now keeping a roll of 
tape beside the cash registers in order to hack the cards so that they work properly 
...

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