Debit Fraud PANDEMIC?

[Gibson]

Hello all, I'd just like to check around to see if anyone else on here has recently been debit card frauded? Just from checking around in my close group of friends, I know EIGHT people who have been debit frauded in the past week. Two with BMO, three with First Calgary, and three plus myself with RBC. I got a call, but some of my other friends never did and their transactions were denied. The person who called me said that my card had been copied with intent of fraud and that they had frozen my account. I'm going down today to get a new card and reset my pin and stuff, but I have to check if they took any money and how/where/when my card was copied. Anyways, keep a careful watch on your cards guys.

[phreezee]

Another reminder to check your statements. In my case it was my M/C, 2 charges from Air Canada for close to $700. Called it in right away, with no hassles.

[Dayclone]

Yeh with TD Bank and they cancelled my debit to a deposit only... and this was 2 weeks ago.

[joyridder]

Mine was 3 weeks ago I think, but yeah kinda scary when it happens to yourself....I have now decided that the "ole traditional method called cash" has helped ease my mind immensely!

[thrasher22]

Literally half the people I work with got their's cancelled a couple weeks ago (including myself) 4 women I work with directly had between 700 and 1800 withdrawn... Watch your online banking

[BrknFngrs]

Originally posted by Gibson
Hello all, I'd just like to check around to see if anyone else on here has recently been debit card frauded? Just from checking around in my close group of friends, I know EIGHT people who have been debit frauded in the past week. Two with BMO, three with First Calgary, and three plus myself with RBC. I got a call, but some of my other friends never did and their transactions were denied. The person who called me said that my card had been copied with intent of fraud and that they had frozen my account. I'm going down today to get a new card and reset my pin and stuff, but I have to check if they took any money and how/where/when my card was copied. Anyways, keep a careful watch on your cards guys.

on the off chance that its from the same place, you should get together with your friends and compare transactions then post up the places that match.

I always hate how the banks wont tell you who is being investigated

[joyridder]

^^^

My transactions were basically from using a3rd party ATM, Macs, and 711. That was about it.....I figured that it must have been from that ATM.

[googe]

Buddy of mine out here in Vancouver got his account cleaned out last week as well. Not just a precautionary call and canceling the card, he actually woke up to a $0 bank balance.

Dunno if you guys had the same story run but in the paper out here it showed that they are actually switching the portable pin entry pads when the cashier isn't looking with a modified one that stores the card info. Kinda slick!

[Gibson]

Well I haven't used my debit card for awhile now, and the few places I have don't have anything in common with my buddies. The lady who issued me a new card said that once a case is reported where money actually goes missing, they sent it to the National Fraud Group who then go out and investigate. She said she doesn't know why mine was canceled. The last places I used mine were Empire Studio 16(Silver City), a few Vietnamese places around town, and Futureshop.

[Recca168]

I've never had a problem with debit. but a friend of mind had this happen to him last week. It was harsh, him, his brother and his dad all had their accounts cleaned. All with First Calgary. Shitty thing was that first calgary never even called them about it.

[88CRXGUY]

^^this is why I'm happy I'm with RBC.

Keep any eye on your accounts everyone..anyone, everyone could be a target.

[Alterac]

Ive had mine sniped at gas stations mostly..
I now never use my debit card to pay for gas or anything at a gas station.. VISA only.

Pay at the pump if you can.

[bignerd]

It is easy-protect your PIN.

[bignerd]

It is easy-protect your PIN. And don't let your card out of your sight, I hate it when cashiers take it and hold onto it while you complete your transaction. There is no need for that. I ask for mine back.

[eblend]

My friend had hers frozen because of this just this weekend. She is with Pres Choice

[l/l/rX]

today i've had 5 people come in to change get new cards. since last monday to today i've had about 30 some people come in to change their cards.

they either get a call, or td automatically changes their account to deposit only.

most of the time people come in to change their cards just because td has informed them that they used their card somewhere, where debit card fraud has hit them alot.

[FungusMonkey]

I had my account frozen as well, i got a phonecall about 2 weeks ago saying theres been attempted fraud. So i had to go in and get a new card, my brother also had this problem about a month ago. Seems thieves are being sneakier, or theres problems with the system

[em2ab]

Try searching.

http://forums.beyond.ca/st/183522/debit-fraud/
http://forums.beyond.ca/st/181573/debit-card-fraud/

[googe]

Originally posted by bignerd
It is easy-protect your PIN.

Wrong. Did you read the thread?

[88CRXGUY]

haha obviously you haven't read this thread or anything else about debit and credit card fraud. There is a new way to where the criminal change the key pad part of the debit machine(switching them with a rigged key pad) when the clerk isn't looking or is distracted. When you punch in your pin, hidden or not they are going to get your pin number. Bascially covering your pin number would be useless.