Card skimming

[Lindsey]

Yeah, and he was only 21!!! His parents went wrong somewhere

I still haven't heard from the bank yet. I'll call again on my lunch break.

[MaddieBoo]

Lindsey I've had something similar happen. I was in Vancouver earlier this year and was at the Aldo outlet and my card wouldn't go through. I knew I had tons of money in my account so I called my bank and they told me my card had been compromised. Nothing had been taken out erroneously but I had used my card at a location that may have been compromised. So even if they don't actually steal from you, just shopping at the same place that something may have been done can compromise your card. The problem is, they won't tell you where it was that you shopped that you were at risk, so you can't know where you need to stop going!

[Lindsey]

That's scary Maddie! I knew I only shopped at one place this weekend... BUT the bank finally called back and said there doesn't seem to be any problem with my card at all and it was NOT deactivated. She said maybe the magnetic strip is just starting to go, or they might have been having problems with their interac machines. I'm just going to go replace it with a chip card anyway!

[paula1961]

My husband has had to have his card replaced several times because the strip was worn out and his card would get declined because of it.
I've never heard of a chip card. What is it? Sounds like something I might be interested in having.

I'm so glad that guy was caught!!

[judy]

These people are such bottom feeders! Yuck!!!