Kellye
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This email through work?
>Hi
>Received this the other day, it is well worth reading and bearing in mind.
>
>Thanks
>Nicky
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lee, Peter T.
> > Sent: 13 August 2007 14:46
> > To: TSD All Staff
> > Subject: Important message - BP Garages - please read!!!
> > Importance: High
> >
> > This has come from a reputable Solicitor in Liverpool so cancel any
>thoughts
> > of a spoof. .
> >
> >
> > Hello. This is just a warning to everyone about BP Garages,
> > especially
>to
> > those who live on the Wirral.
> >
> > Last Sunday I used the cash machine at the BP Garage on Bromborough
>Road,
> > Bebington by the Brown Cow. The machine accepted my money request
> > but
>when
> > it said to take my card the card failed to come out as did the money.
>The
> > machine looked like it was trying to spit my card out but something
> > was blocking it.
> >
> > I went into the garage and had an ordeal with the attendant in
> > there. To
>cut
> > a long story short, he refused point blank to open the machine and
>refused
> > to give me a number so that i could ring the machine company and
> > report
>what
> > had happened. I went straight home and cancelled my card and
> > requested a
>new
> > one.
> >
> > Yesterday, i received a call from my bank to tell me someone had
> > tried
>to
> > withdraw £500 from my account in Germany on a number of occasions.
>Luckily,
> > they weren't successful as the card had been cancelled. Basically,
> > my
>card
> > had been cloned. I had not used my card for a good while prior to
> > the BP garage incident and am 100% certain that the card was cloned
> > at that machine. I have now been told by many others their cards
> > have been
>cloned
> > and they are sure too it's happened at this same garage as the
> > cloning happened just after they'd paid inside the garage by card
> > and/or used
>the
> > cash machine.
> >
> > i phoned the police to report this as I was so sure where the card
> > had
>been
> > cloned. Apparently the OIC has been inundated with identical reports
> > and
>the
> > garage is under investigation. However, there is no sign of the
> > police actually making enquiries at the garage yet so people are
> > continuing to
>use
> > their cards their unawares.
> >
> > So, take my advice and stear clear of BP garages especially this one
> > and also, the one on Spital Road where I have heard similar things
> > have been happening.
> >
> > Cobleys LLP, 19-23 Sir Thomas Street, Liverpool L1 6BW Tel: 0151 242
>9000
> > Fax: 0151 236 2911 Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Dean_W
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Registered: 13th Dec 05
Location: Downham Market, Norfolk
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Nice......
Bloke at our work had his card cloned in a BP garage in Milton Keynes.
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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Guy in the garage wouldnt of been able to open it even if he wanted to, they dont have the key/codes to do so.
Its very very easy for someone, totally unrelated to the garage, to install a machine that clones the card directly to the cash point - has happened to a few around me.
If the cards were being cloned in the shop itself, then I only blame the people who own the cards, as their is no need to hand over the card anymore with the new machines.
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Kellye
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Registered: 23rd Aug 06
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Strange. I just thought I have used the bp garage cash machine twice near mine this week 
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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the cash machine will look a little different, normally something extra stuck over and around the slot where you put the card in. If it looks strange, dont use it. It can happen to any machine though, one of the ones by me was the actual Natwest bank machine outside the bank itself.
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All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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quote:
Originally posted by Dean_W
Nice......
Bloke at our work had his card cloned in a BP garage in Milton Keynes.
Yeah.... I'd flat out just avoid that place anyways. 
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
quote:
Originally posted by Dean_W
Nice......
Bloke at our work had his card cloned in a BP garage in Milton Keynes.
Yeah.... I'd flat out just avoid that place anyways.
Milton Keynes? Good idea TBH.
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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In tesco petrol stations (ones round here anyway) they have to swipe your card for you to be able to put your pin number in.
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Kellye
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Registered: 23rd Aug 06
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I am scared now. Am gonna go check later 
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by fro-dizzle
In tesco petrol stations (ones round here anyway) they have to swipe your card for you to be able to put your pin number in.
you can see them when they are doing this though, no reason why they should be able to get another swipe in through a reader of their own.
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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i usually have a feel about the front of the machine for dodgy panels around the cash/card slots before i use them
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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BP up the road to me was doing this. One of my mums friends got done
I try to pay cash in there now and watch what they are doing closly if i have to pay by card
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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quote:
Originally posted by Kurt
i usually have a feel about the front of the machine for dodgy panels around the cash/card slots before i use them
yer same here
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Kurt
i usually have a feel about the front of the machine for dodgy panels around the cash/card slots before i use them
I hate those bastard cash cloners 
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Batmanman
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Registered: 19th Jun 07
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thats a proper bitch.. cant believe people would do that tbh..
i'd like to see someone try and do it to my account thoe.. i have a grand totaly of £3.67 in my bank account.. lol
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Jamie
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
Location: Aberdeen
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Esso near my work has been doing this for years on and off
Its unreal they havent been shut down
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Greg_M
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Registered: 2nd Sep 03
Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
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its was a BP garage that was dodgy before, was steailing money from people accounts.
somewhere down south
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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quote:
Originally posted by Rallye106
Yesterday, i received a call from my bank to tell me someone had tried to withdraw £500 from my account in Germany on a number of occasions. Luckily, they weren't successful as the card had been cancelled. Basically, my card had been cloned.
Yeah, fucking annoying that, couldn't get the leather sofa I wanted with it
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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my card + shredder
dont have one 
plus its shell optimax sorry v power all the way
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Petrol stations seem to have a reputation for this.
I always pay for cash for petrol.
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