September 29, 2009
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News: CC Fraud; How Do They Do It? 16
Council Bluff, Iowa police are searching for a credit card thief who busted a side window of a pickup truck. The victim's pickup truck was parked along the street when the thief busted the window and stole a wallet. Two men were spotted by a witness speeding away from the crime. The witness gave the victim a description of the two credit card thieves' vehicle. The victim and his friend spotted the vehicle in a convenience store parking where they were attempting to use the stolen credit card. They called the police, but before the authorities had arrived, the friend decided to take matters into his own hands. When the two men left the store, the friend approached the vehicle and confronted them. One of the thieves punched the friend several times leaving him with minor injuries. The crooks were gone before police arrived. The thieves were reported to be driving a black Chevy pickup with Colorado tag 650 TFV.
Authorities in the United Kingdom are warning credit card customers to be cautious of the latest scam targeting residents in the West Lancs area. The residents notified police that they have received a phone call from an individual claiming to be associated with either Visa or MasterCard and that the individual's credit card account has received fraudulent transactions. The caller, who has already accessed the victim's card number, gives the individual a case number and identification code and then asks for the three digit security code. The authorities are telling everyone that under no circumstances should they give out their personal financial information to anyone over the phone.
In India, authorities arrested two individuals for credit card fraud. Mohammed Sarfaraaz and Cheemalarri Vinay Krishna were arrested as they waited for another individual to deliver a fake card. Police confiscated from the thieves' possession 13 counterfeit cards, 13 blank cards, a skimmer, a laptop, and several other items used to participate in the illegal activities. The thieves had previously sole over 70 counterfeit cards to other individuals as well as used some of the cards to make illegal transactions for their own use.