Identity Theft At The Gas Station
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CentsibleSaver wrote: Joker, do you know if the new chips are helping to negate some of the risk? A gas station near me had a skimmer, but the news didn't specify what type of card was victimized. I've started going inside to my pay my total instead of paying at the pump. I miss the convenience, but the risk isn't worth it to me.
I have never heard of that, but I may be with you going forward. The risk is not worth the convenience.
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Does anyone remember when it was just a "cash" only society?
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I guess you go back to the days where yoiu take enough money out for the week and keep your "plastic" transactions limited. Problem is if society takes this route will muggings increase?
Most banks have fraud protection for its card holders and I'm sure the financial powers that be are working around the clock to either solve the Identity theft issue or make its existence as minimal as possible.
Like you said Kmoney, time to start carrying cash again.............
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I guess we as a society have become so dependent on Debit/Credit Cards that some of us don't carry cash at all anymore. My father taught me to carry some money because you never know what might happen. But this was before the Smart Phone, the ATM, WiFi, etc.. To actually withdraw cash from an ATM has become archaic. Business that don't have Card Readers in their establishment run the risk of less business to those who do because of the convenience factor.
I know card readers are a cost but I'm assuming the increase in business offsets this.
I know I ran off on a tangent here but what does the Gas Station owner do now, wait for technology to resolve this issue?
I am guilty of that I don't carry a lot of cash on me but I do have my ATM on me. I don't ever want to become a victim of ID and I believe I need to start doing the cash thing a lot more now.