bebo67
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- Joined
- Jun 22, 2013
- Location
- Ontario Canada
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So, on your credit card you have the magnetic strip on the back, It holds more than just your card number and information. If someone just had your card number, expiry and CVV code, they wouldn't be able to use it in a store which is what leads me to believe it was "skimmed" where they use a data capture device to clone the information from the magnetic strip. The use of the Chip and Pin devices in Europe has led to these kinds of fraudulent uses drop which is why they only tend to occur in the US.
So if someone at the casino was using your card information to make fraudulent transactions, they'd only be able to make online purchases rather than in-store ones like at PACSUN.
That is correct. My son just finished Border Patrol 3 year program. There is a device that is the size of your hand, and it can pick up CC information through someones wallet and purse. All they need to do is to be standing beside a person and its captured. Fairly new ( last year). It's a very sad world we live in.