I check my online account ridiculously often. Last Friday I was shocked to see around €100 had been reserved. I immediately got onto UB's fraud number and was told there were two payments, in sterling, to Vodafone. Never been a Vodafone customer in my entire life or made a payment to them.
Anyway I got the card cancelled. Now the thing is I've been using it online for around ten years and never had this happen before. I don't think it was online at all.
I made a withdrawal at an ATM on Wednesday the 30th July. It was in a shop but I do remember a woman standing "looking" at a shelf very close behind me. I had a good look at the slot the card goes into and everything seemed fine. I even put my hand over the keypad when putting in the PIN. Now prior to this my last ATM withdrawal had been nearly three weeks before on the 11th July so I'm betting it was this especially with it being the run up to a bank holiday weekend.
Anyway the payments are just showing up on my account now. Two payments to Vodafone UK, Newbury one for and another for
I'd say the swines deliberately picked the Friday before a long weekend to start making purchases. Most people would probably be off getting drunk or travelling.
So I'm 90% sure it's this woman that was standing behind me in the shop. I didn't take enough notice of her to recognise her again but I rang the shop owner on Friday to try to warn him that there was funny business going on. The Gardai have proved themselves hopeless and uninterested in my few prior dealings with them. Do you think there's any chance the shop owner would give me his CCTV footage for the morning of July 30th? Especially if (a) I'm on it and (b) this woman does something naughty to the machine after I leave?
But I just can't fathom how they got my card details. Must have been a skimming thing but boy it must have been good. I had a good look at the slot like I said and didn't see anything untoward.
I'm never using an ATM again! I'd love to get the CCTV footage and verify it was this woman and then shove it up on youtube!
Anyway I got the card cancelled. Now the thing is I've been using it online for around ten years and never had this happen before. I don't think it was online at all.
I made a withdrawal at an ATM on Wednesday the 30th July. It was in a shop but I do remember a woman standing "looking" at a shelf very close behind me. I had a good look at the slot the card goes into and everything seemed fine. I even put my hand over the keypad when putting in the PIN. Now prior to this my last ATM withdrawal had been nearly three weeks before on the 11th July so I'm betting it was this especially with it being the run up to a bank holiday weekend.
Anyway the payments are just showing up on my account now. Two payments to Vodafone UK, Newbury one for and another for
I'd say the swines deliberately picked the Friday before a long weekend to start making purchases. Most people would probably be off getting drunk or travelling.
So I'm 90% sure it's this woman that was standing behind me in the shop. I didn't take enough notice of her to recognise her again but I rang the shop owner on Friday to try to warn him that there was funny business going on. The Gardai have proved themselves hopeless and uninterested in my few prior dealings with them. Do you think there's any chance the shop owner would give me his CCTV footage for the morning of July 30th? Especially if (a) I'm on it and (b) this woman does something naughty to the machine after I leave?
But I just can't fathom how they got my card details. Must have been a skimming thing but boy it must have been good. I had a good look at the slot like I said and didn't see anything untoward.
I'm never using an ATM again! I'd love to get the CCTV footage and verify it was this woman and then shove it up on youtube!