Park Slope Credit Card/Bank Card Fraud!

rapture

I think all it means is that employees at the branch (with access to accounts and the computers) are able to transfer out monies from people's accounts to wherever they want them to go. It was still under investigation, so I don't have details, etc. All I was saying is that there are many ways to get account numbers and credit card/bank card numbers and use them fraudulently.

hamilton

Two days ago I received a new unsolicited debit card from Sovereign Bank with a new Pin Number, my old card had a good thru 02/11 date on it.

Looks like I'm going to have to find out if they are having the same problems that are been suggested by other posters.

redmenace

Rapture wrote: I think all it means is that employees at the branch (with access to accounts and the computers) are able to transfer out monies from people's accounts to wherever they want them to go. It was still under investigation, so I don't have details, etc. All I was saying is that there are many ways to get account numbers and credit card/bank card numbers and use them fraudulently.

we're fairly certain the HSBC thing was inside, since they had to replace 6000 cards. Ours were used at ATMs at gas stations in Canada though, not transferred within the bank system.

my husband and I use different branches.

furrygreyboy

For those of you affected, a chance to pursue this further - "Park Slope Debit & Credit Card Fraud Victims Being Sought"

http://gowanuslounge.blogspot.com/2008/03/park-slope-debit-credit-card-fraud.html

brooke lynn knight

How timely... BoingBoing just posted a handy guide to hacking RFID credit cards.

:shock:

jayce

aw man. just when i got used to shouting into the wind.

rockergirl77

Hey, any news on this from anyone? I had reported mine to the 78th precinct and called to check and see if there has been any developments a couple of times & there never were so I stopped checking in.

rapture

I stopped using my credit card in two places that I thought suspect....since that time, I have had no fraudulent charges on my account......so I am keeping my fingers crossed!!

rockergirl77

Did anyone ever heard back from the police about any of this? I called once & he told me the case was still open. Of the 15 or so people I had talked to and compared notes to on here, we all only had ONE place in common - it doesn't seem to me that it would be THAT hard to figure out.

longtimesloper

Wow-15 peopel all had one place in common? Would you mind sharing what that one place was so the rest of us can avoid it?

rockergirl77

LongTimeSloper wrote: Wow-15 peopel all had one place in common? Would you mind sharing what that one place was so the rest of us can avoid it?

I'll PM it to you

MOD

Ok I refuse to read all the pages here... mostly because I think I read a good amount back when this all happened. I didn't say anything at the time because I was way too pissed, but, here's my story and Papi Chulo's (the BF).
Take it any way you want, I believe total honestly and this is just my opinion :

Many months ago both of us were hit with credit card fraud around the same time as everyone else. The only place I use my card is for grocery shopping/wine store stuff. The only places I went that month that I can remember is Key Foods, the wine store in front of it and the deli on 5th/berkeley. I used my card on a Sat at the grocery store, next time I used it was, again, buying groceries on Monday but this time it was denied because in Miami someone made purchases $$$ at a few gas stations.

So, it's Monday and I call the BF to come down and use his card to pay for the food. He does. Later in the week, he tries to use his card and it's denied. Same thing that happened to me. Purchases in Miami at gas stations. I don't know who stole the number, but I have my suspicions....

so there you go.....

rockergirl77

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! But the 7th Ave location, not the 5th Ave one, correct?

MOD

5th ave for me.... do they share employees, perhaps?

MOD

PS... why are we better detectives than the cops???

rockergirl77

Mamacita wrote: PS... why are we better detectives than the cops???

I know, right? I feel like there's something up with that. Every single person I talked to narrowed it down to that place - why has it been so many months (almost a year now) and still nothing! To me it's not hard to figure out.

longtimesloper

thanks for the info RockerGirl.

mamacita-
a few months back-I am thinking somewhere between 6 and 8 months perhaps-there was a cashier at the 5th Avenue Key Food who was arrested for taking cash from people's accounts by using their debit cards. You know how when you use your debit card for a purchase they ask you if you want cash back? Well-it seems even when people said no-she was saying yes and taking money out of the drawer as if the person asked for it. It was in the local PS paper (she was arrested). I almost exclusively shop at 5th Avenue Key food and one of the older, long time cashiers (I always try to get in her line if she is working that day-because I trust her)-told me about it also.

I don't think there was any credit card fraud though. As for the possibility of them sharing employees-it's possible that someone who worked at one store quit and went and got hired at the other and vice versa. The Key Food stores are all under different management and it is up to the store managers to hire for their stores-I don't think there is any actual 'sharing' going on.

rockergirl77

LongTimeSloper,
I think the fraud most of us are referencing in this thread was money taken from our account in the form of random charges to gas stations in other states and things like that, so it wasn't that particular girl. But I'm pretty sure it was Key, although Mamacita is the first person I've heard mention the one on 5th. When we all compared notes months ago it all pointed to the one on 7th.

longtimesloper

thanks Rocker, i know everyone else had problems at the Key on 7th and not on 5th-I was just describing what happened at the 5th Avenue one also.

As i said, this is exactly the reason why when I shop at the 5th Avenue one-I always try to go to a cashier who I know has been there a long time-it's not always possible of course.

And, if so many people had problems at 7th Avenue key Food-then why aren't the cops on this more???

rockergirl77

LongTimeSloper wrote: And, if so many people had problems at 7th Avenue key Food-then why aren't the cops on this more???

That's what I'd like to know. I could be wrong here, but I think we had determined at last count that between this board and the Park Slope Parent's board (which I'm not on, so I can't read) there were well over 50-60 of us, possibly into the hundreds. Who knows how many people actually called Detective Shy to report it though. When I called him to check up on it a few months later he was just like "ehhh . . . still investigating".

carnivore

Adam Savage: Credit card companies bullied Discovery Channel out of letting the Mythbusters investigate RFID vulnerabilities

jah

Subject: Re: Park Slope Credit Card/Bank Card Fraud!

RockerGirl77 wrote:

Mine was $182 charged to a Marshalls in CT (I've never even been to CT) on 12/31 but apparently most people on the parkslopeparents board are noticing charges to gas stations, Wal Marts, and Targets in places like MI and Florida.

must be nice to be so rich you don't notice a $182 charge

carnivore

Subject: Re: Park Slope Credit Card/Bank Card Fraud!

JAH wrote: must be nice to be so rich you don't notice a $182 charge

Did I miss somewhere where she said that? I thought she did notice it and report it to the police.

jah

Subject: Re: Park Slope Credit Card/Bank Card Fraud!

Carnivore wrote: [quote=JAH]must be nice to be so rich you don't notice a $182 charge

Did I miss somewhere where she said that? I thought she did notice it and report it to the police.

RockerGirl77 wrote: I didn't really notice the missing money because I had so much going in and out around X-mas. Guess I should pay closer attention to my account.

rockergirl77

Subject: Re: Park Slope Credit Card/Bank Card Fraud!

JAH wrote: [quote=RockerGirl77]

Mine was $182 charged to a Marshalls in CT (I've never even been to CT) on 12/31 but apparently most people on the parkslopeparents board are noticing charges to gas stations, Wal Marts, and Targets in places like MI and Florida.

must be nice to be so rich you don't notice a $182 charge

Ironic you should mention it, as at the time I was living paycheck to paycheck. There had just been a solid week of small xmas gift checks I had deposited from various immediate family members, but things still seemed tight in my account, which is how I noticed it. At the time this happened I was probably making in a month what most New Yorkers (or otherwise) make in less than a week.

(And by "ironic" I actually meant rude and not really any of your business.)

jah

Subject: Re: Park Slope Credit Card/Bank Card Fraud!

RockerGirl77 wrote:

Ironic you should mention it, as at the time I was living paycheck to paycheck. There had just been a solid week of small xmas gift checks I had deposited from various immediate family members, but things still seemed tight in my account, which is how I noticed it. At the time this happened I was probably making in a month what most New Yorkers (or otherwise) make in less than a week.

(And by "ironic" I actually meant rude and not really any of your business.)

ORLY? How much do "most New Yorkers" supposedly make in less than a week? Most people I know would INSTANTLY notice a missing $182.

rockergirl77

Subject: Re: Park Slope Credit Card/Bank Card Fraud!

JAH wrote: [quote=RockerGirl77]

Ironic you should mention it, as at the time I was living paycheck to paycheck. There had just been a solid week of small xmas gift checks I had deposited from various immediate family members, but things still seemed tight in my account, which is how I noticed it. At the time this happened I was probably making in a month what most New Yorkers (or otherwise) make in less than a week.

(And by "ironic" I actually meant rude and not really any of your business.)

ORLY? How much do "most New Yorkers" supposedly make in less than a week? Most people I know would INSTANTLY notice a missing $182.

WHY is it any of your business? Why did you pull up this old thread just to fuck with me? Why do you care? I had just moved to the city. I was just in an entry level job, making almost nothing, and supporting my boyfriend who had just been hit by a car on his bike and was out of work for a month. I didn't notice the money missing because I had just cashed 2 different $100 xmas present checks from my grandparents and when the $$ never technically showed up in my account I just thought the checks were taking a while to clear. But again, WHY DO YOU CARE?

jah

Carnivore bumped the thread not me. I don't care.

rockergirl77

JAH wrote: Carnivore bumped the thread not me. I don't care.

But you brought up my financial situation - why? I'd say if the money went missing around the 31st and I had just deposited 2 checks for $100 that same day, then within 2 weeks I didn't see the money show up in my account and checked my statement for details, then I noticed pretty much instantly. Many financial institutions take 10 working days to clear an out of state check from some small town bank across America - I don't think it makes me "rich" for not noticing.

jah

RockerGirl77 wrote:
But you brought up my financial situation - why? I'd say if the money went missing around the 31st and I had just deposited 2 checks for $100 that same day, then within 2 weeks I didn't see the money show up in my account and checked my statement for details, then I noticed pretty much instantly. Many financial institutions take 10 working days to clear an out of state check from some small town bank across America - I don't think it makes me "rich" for not noticing.

rich and poor are all relative my dear. Puffy is currently crying broke as he can no longer afford gas for his private jet. So like I said, it's all relative.