Was This It?
So, I think I got caught up in this.
Nine arrested in debit card fraud ring
One hundred officers bust multimillion dollar fraud ring
The Canadian Press
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
MONTREAL -- Nine people have been arrested after 100 police officers busted a multimillion dollar debit and credit card fraud ring that involved convenience stores and small grocery stores.
Quebec provincial police said Tuesday that some 18,000 people were defrauded in the scam, which rang up several million in fraudulent transactions.
Cloning debt cards is a growing problem because the technology is becoming more sophisticated, a news conference was told.
The debit and credit cards were cloned at more than 40 stores in the Montreal area with modified Interac keypads, police said.
Capt. Michel Forget called it an "evolution in crime.''
These criminals have grown up with technology,'' he said.
The police investigation began after a complaint from a Desjardins credit union about a possible case of fraud.
Police displayed the scanning units used to clone the cards in effort to make the public more aware of how debit-card fraud is committed.
The Canadian Press
I got this really scary phone message yesterday saying that my debit card information had been taken and that my bank had cancelled my debit card. The really scary thing happened when I got to work the next morning. My other two co-workers had the exact same thing happen to them. That means whatever scam we got caught in is around our work. Now, I have to go get a new debit card. Damn. But at least no money was taken from my account.
Oh, but wait! We aren't in Montreal. We are in Ottawa. Guess the nation's capital got hit also.
Nine arrested in debit card fraud ring
One hundred officers bust multimillion dollar fraud ring
The Canadian Press
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
MONTREAL -- Nine people have been arrested after 100 police officers busted a multimillion dollar debit and credit card fraud ring that involved convenience stores and small grocery stores.
Quebec provincial police said Tuesday that some 18,000 people were defrauded in the scam, which rang up several million in fraudulent transactions.
Cloning debt cards is a growing problem because the technology is becoming more sophisticated, a news conference was told.
The debit and credit cards were cloned at more than 40 stores in the Montreal area with modified Interac keypads, police said.
Capt. Michel Forget called it an "evolution in crime.''
These criminals have grown up with technology,'' he said.
The police investigation began after a complaint from a Desjardins credit union about a possible case of fraud.
Police displayed the scanning units used to clone the cards in effort to make the public more aware of how debit-card fraud is committed.
The Canadian Press
I got this really scary phone message yesterday saying that my debit card information had been taken and that my bank had cancelled my debit card. The really scary thing happened when I got to work the next morning. My other two co-workers had the exact same thing happen to them. That means whatever scam we got caught in is around our work. Now, I have to go get a new debit card. Damn. But at least no money was taken from my account.
Oh, but wait! We aren't in Montreal. We are in Ottawa. Guess the nation's capital got hit also.